Secondary
Alder Grange School
Calder Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8HW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 899 of 902 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 78.1
- Pupils per adult
- 10.9
- Pupils
- 855
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
January 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)March 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
25%
21 points below the Rossendale average (46% across 4 schools)
37.0
10.5 below the Rossendale average (47.5 across 4 schools)
3rd of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Rossendale we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 37 |
| EBacc average point score | 3 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% |
| A level average points per entry | 26.71 |
| A level students | 65 |
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 | 40% |
| 22/23 | 40% |
| 23/24 | 32% |
| 24/25 | 25% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 27.3 |
| 22/23 | 25.6 |
| 23/24 | 20.9 |
| 24/25 | 26.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.57 |
| 22/23 | -0.41 |
| 23/24 | -0.32 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.0 |
| 22/23 | 42.2 |
| 23/24 | 40.3 |
| 24/25 | 37.0 |
Calder Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8HW
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 31 October, 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
- Joanna Griffiths
- Address
- Calder Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8HW
- Telephone
- 01706223171