Ribblesdale School

Type Other schools / Community school
Age Range 4-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Queens Road
Clitheroe
Lancashire
BB7 1EJ
Phone 01200422563
Reference Number 119716

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1396
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.5%
Girls: 48.5%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 13

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 Unknown Unknown Unknown
2 Unknown Unknown Unknown
3 Unknown Unknown Unknown
4 Unknown Unknown Unknown
5 Unknown Unknown Unknown
6 Unknown Unknown Unknown
7 121 138 259
8 145 129 274
9 142 143 285
10 148 137 285
11 155 125 280

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 88%
White, Other 4%
Pakistani 2.9%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
White & Asian 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%
Indian 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Unclassified 0.1%
White & Black (African) 0.1%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2020-03-02
Date Description Report
2020-02-11 School inspection: School inspection:
2019-01-10 Short inspection Short inspection
2015-06-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-09-11 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-06-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-09-29 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-09-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-11-19 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 41.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 56.4% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 31 3
Third Preference 30 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 261 23
Third Preference 188 9
From another Local Authority 16 3

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Ribblesdale Nursery School
Queens Road, Clitheroe, BB7 1EL
0.09 miles
St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe
Greenacre Street, St. James C of E Primary Schoo, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 1ED
0.16 miles
St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clitheroe
Lowergate, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 1AG
0.24 miles
Clitheroe Brookside Primary School
Bright Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 1NW
0.51 miles
Edisford Primary School
Edisford Road, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 2LN
0.64 miles
Clitheroe Pendle Primary School
Princess Avenue, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 2AL
0.7 miles
Barrow URC Primary School
Old Row, Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9AZ
1.71 miles
Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
West Bradford Road, Waddington, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 3JE
1.83 miles
Chatburn Church of England Primary School
Sawley Road, Chatburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 4AS
2.4 miles
Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Sawley Road, Grindleton, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 4QS
2.93 miles
Sabden Primary School
Whalley Road, Sabden, Lancashire, BB7 9DZ
3.15 miles
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden
Watt Street, Sabden, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9ED
3.16 miles
Whalley Church of England Primary School
Church Lane, Whalley, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9SY
3.25 miles
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hurst Green
Whalley Road, Hurst Green, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9QJ
3.98 miles
Read St John's CofE Primary School
Straits Lane, Read, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 7PE
4.37 miles
Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School
Whalley Road, Langho, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB6 8AB
4.38 miles
Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Simonstone, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 7HR
4.6 miles
Name Distance
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
York Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 2DJ
0.55 miles
Moorland School Limited
Ribblesdale Avenue, Clitheroe, BB7 2JA
1.05 miles
Oakhill School
Wiswell Lane, Whalley, Lancashire, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9AF
2.73 miles
Bowland High
Riversmead, Sawley Road, Grindleton, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 4QS
3.46 miles
Stonyhurst College
3.62 miles
St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Elker Lane, Billington, Elker Lane, Billington, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9JA
3.84 miles
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