All-through
Ribblesdale School
Queens Road, Clitheroe, BB7 1EJ
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1437 of 1635 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
Ofsted
Last inspected July 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
38%
43.5
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.56 |
| Entered the EBacc | 21% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44% |
| 22/23 | 32% |
| 23/24 | 41% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.75 |
| 22/23 | -0.34 |
| 23/24 | -0.25 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.7 |
| 22/23 | 41.7 |
| 23/24 | 43.2 |
| 24/25 | 43.5 |
Queens Road, Clitheroe, BB7 1EJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Anne-Marie Horrocks
- Address
- Queens Road, Clitheroe, BB7 1EJ
- Telephone
- 01200422563