Tor View School
Academy special converter · Rossendale · BB4 6LR
Ages 3–19 · 281 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Overall absence
7.5%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-03-30
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 5.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 194
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
281 pupils · 165 places
- Pupils on roll
- 281
- Boys / girls
- 185 / 96
- School capacity
- 165
- Capacity fill
- 281 / 165 (170%)
- Free school meals
- 41.6%
- FSM pupils
- 82
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy special converter
Age range
Ages 3–19
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE SEA VIEW TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE SEA VIEW TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Sea View Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Dillon
Location
- Address
- Clod Lane, Haslingden
- Postcode
- BB4 6LR
- Town
- Rossendale
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Rossendale
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy special converter, Ages 3–19, in Rossendale, Lancashire, 281 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, special school. Free school meals: 41.6%.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Other independent special school
Manchester · BB4 6LN · Lancashire
Ages 6–14
0.1 miles away
Haslingden Broadway Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Rossendale · BB4 4EH · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
- KS267%
- Absence3.6%
0.2 miles away
Haslingden High School and Sixth Form
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Rossendale · BB4 4EY · Lancashire
Ages 11–18
- Att844.6
- P8-0.1
- Absence8.6%
0.3 miles away
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Rossendale · BB4 6SJ · Lancashire
Ages 11–16
- Att838.1
- P8-0.8
- Absence11.2%
0.5 miles away
Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School
Ofsted: OutstandingCommunity special school
Rossendale · BB4 6RX · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
- KS20%
- Absence5.8%
0.6 miles away
Voluntary aided school · Primary
BB4 4EZ · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS291%
- Absence4.2%
0.6 miles away
Helmshore Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Rossendale · BB4 4JW · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
- KS278%
- Absence4.1%
0.8 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Dillon
- Telephone
- 01706214640