Voluntary aided school · Secondary
Leyland · PR25 1BS · Lancashire
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
2.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 137296
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy
Academy converter · Leyland · PR26 9HH
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
958
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Leyland, Lancashire, 958 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 8.5%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Blackburn.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137296
Location
- Address
- Highfield Road, Croston
- Postcode
- PR26 9HH
- Town
- Leyland
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 958
- Boys / girls
- 489 / 469
- School capacity
- 930
- Capacity fill
- 958 / 930 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 8.5%
- FSM pupils
- 81
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Governance
- Academy trust: BISHOP RAWSTORNE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- BISHOP RAWSTORNE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Cowley
- Telephone
- 01772600349
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Strong standard
Inspection date
2026-01-06
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 58.2
- Progress 8
- 0.5
- English & maths grade 5+
- 75%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 91%
- EBacc entry
- 65%
- EBacc APS
- 5.3