Schools in Clitheroe
Clitheroe has 23 schools including 16 primaries and 3 secondaries in Lancashire's Ribble Valley. Fourteen of those schools carry a faith designation - predominantly Church of England - reflecting the area's strong historic ties to Anglican and United Reformed Church congregations.
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School is a selective grammar, so Year 6 parents must sit Lancashire's 11+ test to be considered. For non-selective secondary places, Lancashire County Council co-ordinates admissions and applies a distance-from-school-gate tiebreaker at oversubscribed community secondaries.
School demand in Clitheroe
Across the 21 schools in Clitheroe with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 83%. 5 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
14 schools in Clitheroe have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
4 of the schools in Clitheroe are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Lancashire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
11 of the schools in Clitheroe have a current Ofsted rating, of which 10 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Clitheroe: 3 oversubscribed (16)
Clitheroe Pendle Primary School
Primary · Community school
Clitheroe · BB7 2AL
Gisburn Primary School
Primary · Community school
Clitheroe · BB7 4ET
Edisford Primary School
Primary · Community school
Clitheroe · BB7 2LN
Clitheroe Brookside Primary School
Primary · Community school
Clitheroe · BB7 1NW
Barrow URC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Clitheroe · BB7 9AZ
Chatburn Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Clitheroe · BB7 4AS
St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe
Primary · Voluntary aided school
CLITHEROE · BB7 1ED
Whalley Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Clitheroe · BB7 9SY
Slaidburn Brennands Endowed Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Clitheroe · BB7 3ER
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hurst Green
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Clitheroe · BB7 9QJ
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Clitheroe · BB7 9ED
Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Clitheroe · BB7 4QS
Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Clitheroe · BB7 3JE
Bolton by Bowland Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Clitheroe · BB7 4NP
Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Clitheroe · BB7 3BG
St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Clitheroe · BB7 1AG
Secondary Schools in Clitheroe (3)
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter
Clitheroe · BB7 2DJ
Bowland High
Secondary · Academy converter
Clitheroe · BB7 4QS
St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Clitheroe · BB7 9JA
Other Schools in Clitheroe (4)
Ribblesdale Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Clitheroe · BB7 1EL
Ribblesdale School
Special · Community school
Clitheroe · BB7 1EJ
Moorland School Limited
Not applicable · Other independent school
Clitheroe · BB7 2JA
Oakhill School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Clitheroe · BB7 9AF
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Clitheroe are set by Lancashire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.