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Rhyddings
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Haworth Street, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington BB5 3EA · rhyddings.co.uk · 01254 231051
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 610
- 79% of 771 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 49.3%
- First language not English
- 28%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Let Education Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 68 families put the school first and 129 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 | 129 | 68 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 92 | 89 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 149 | 88 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 111 | 104 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 148 | 78 | 0.5 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.5, and 22% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼22.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼50.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼8.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.93 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 119721)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.9 | +0.6 |
| Sixth form college | 1 | — |
| Further education | 69.9 | −10.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.9 | −0.9 |
| Employment | 4.9 | +3.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.7 | +4.9 |
| Activity not captured | 5.8 | +1.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Rhyddings on 8 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Jan 2025
- 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 119721), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119721)
Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119721)
Oct 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119721)
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 22
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 95% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied