Schools in Rossendale
Rossendale has 24 schools in the Rossendale Valley in Lancashire, including 13 primaries, 4 secondaries and 7 other settings including nurseries and special schools. Lancashire County Council co-ordinates admissions for community schools, with faith schools - predominantly Church of England and Roman Catholic - applying their own criteria and often drawing pupils from wider catchments.
Towns in the valley such as Rawtenstall, Bacup, Haslingden and Ramsbottom each have their own cluster of schools. Competition for secondary places varies significantly between towns; the council's Secondary Education in Lancashire booklet, released in September, includes last-offered distance data for all schools in the area.
School demand in Rossendale
Across the 21 schools in Rossendale with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 94%. 7 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.
7 schools in Rossendale have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
3 of the schools in Rossendale 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.
6 of the schools in Rossendale have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Rossendale: 3 oversubscribed (13)
Haslingden Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Rossendale · BB4 4BJ
Helmshore Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rossendale · BB4 4JW
Water Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rossendale · BB4 9PX
Waterfoot Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rossendale · BB4 9DA
Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rossendale · BB4 6DX
Crawshawbooth Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rossendale · BB4 8AN
Haslingden Broadway Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rossendale · BB4 4EH
St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
ROSSENDALE · BB4 8RZ
Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Rossendale · BB4 7UA
St Anne's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Rossendale · BB4 9JE
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Rossendale · BB4 5NP
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Rossendale · BB4 9EZ
St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Rossendale · BB4 8SU
Secondary Schools in Rossendale (4)
Alder Grange School
Secondary · Community school
Rossendale · BB4 8HW
Haslingden High School and Sixth Form
Secondary · Community school
Rossendale · BB4 4EY
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Rossendale · BB4 6SJ
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter
Rossendale · BB4 7BJ
Other Schools in Rossendale (7)
Hillside Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Rossendale · BB4 5NH
Staghills Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Rossendale · BB4 7UE
Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School
Not applicable · Community special school
Rossendale · BB4 6RX
Belmont School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Rossendale · BB4 6RX
Woodlands
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Rossendale · BL0 0QL
Tor View School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Rossendale · BB4 6LR
Valley College
Not applicable · Special post 16 institution
Rossendale · BB4 6LR
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Rossendale 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.