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All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Haslingden Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale BB4 6SJ · allsaintshigh.lancs.sch.uk · 01706 213693
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 504
- 4 over 500 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36.7%
- First language not English
- 6.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 107 families put the school first and 98 places were offered; 84% 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 | 98 | 107 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 102 | 97 | 1 | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 100 | 86 | 0.9 | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 104 | 73 | 0.7 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 97 | 73 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.3, and 18.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lancashire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼18.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼42.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.90 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 119797)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.4 | −2 |
| Sixth form college | 5.5 | +3.4 |
| Further education | 64.8 | +2 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6 | −3 |
| Employment | 3.3 | +1.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13.2 | +1.5 |
| Activity not captured | 2.2 | −3.1 |
Ofsted
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 30 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 30 Apr 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Dec 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 119797), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119797)
Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119797)
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (74 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 74
- 15% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (32%) with SEND