Local authority nursery school · Nursery
Clitheroe · BB7 1EL · Lancashire
Ages 2–5
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenAll-throughURN 119716
Ribblesdale School
Community school · Clitheroe · BB7 1EJ
Phase
All-through
Age range
Ages 4–16
Pupils
1,437
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 4–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- 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 community school (all-through), Ages 4–16, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, 1,437 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 17.3%.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- All-through
- Age range
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119716
Location
- Address
- Queens Road
- Postcode
- BB7 1EJ
- Town
- Clitheroe
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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
- 1,437
- Boys / girls
- 708 / 729
- School capacity
- 1,635
- Capacity fill
- 1,437 / 1,635 (88%)
- Free school meals
- 17.3%
- FSM pupils
- 249
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anne-Marie Horrocks
- Telephone
- 01200422563
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
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-07-01
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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
- 43.2
- Progress 8
- -0.3
- English & maths grade 5+
- 41%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 61%
- EBacc entry
- 17%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
7.5%
Persistent absence
25.6%
Unauthorised
2.0%
- Authorised absence
- 5.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,415
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 7.2% · Persistent 21.6%
- 2021/22
- Overall 6.5% · Persistent 19.5%