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Ribblesdale School
All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–16 · Community school
Queens Road, Clitheroe BB7 1EJ · ribblesdale.org · 01200 422563
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,437
- 88% of 1,635 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 17.3%
- First language not English
- 4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 257 families put the school first and 276 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 276 | 257 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 271 | 258 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 279 | 245 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 263 | 242 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 282 | 271 | 1 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.5, and 38.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lancashire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
Key stage 2 results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | n/a | 62% |
| Higher standard | n/a | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | n/a | 106 |
| Maths | n/a | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | n/a | 105 |
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼21.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.56 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 17.1 | −8.6 |
| Sixth form college | 2.9 | +1.6 |
| Further education | 57.1 | +5.2 |
| Other education | 0.4 | −0.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 10.4 | +1.1 |
| Employment | 5.4 | +0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.1 | +1.9 |
| Activity not captured | 0.7 | −1.4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ribblesdale School on 1 July 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 1 Jul 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (99 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 99
- 7% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on 18 parents (18%) whose child was bullied
based on 15 parents (15%) with SEND