Rossendale School
A special school in Lancashire for ages 7–19: the Department for Education has not published destination figures for it, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.
- Ofsted
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- Places
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- Pupils
- 91
Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Lancashire’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 104 places.
How do GCSE results compare?
Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.
DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 16 pupils in Year 11
50% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Lancashire 44%, England 45%).
Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.
All GCSE measures10
| Measure | Rossendale School | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 31.4 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.73 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | — | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | — | 12% | 19% |
What do pupils study?
Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.
DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today
Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.
GCSE subjects10
Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 16 | 100% | 88% | 31% | 22% | 81% |
| English Language | 15 | 94% | 89% | 33% | 20% | 93% |
| Combined Science | 12 | 75% | 65% | 25% | 9% | 92% |
| Design and Technology | 5 | 31% | 11% | — | 23% | — |
| Art and Design | 4 | 25% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| History | 4 | 25% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Biology | 3 | 19% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Statistics | 3 | 19% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Geography | 3 | 19% | 41% | — | 25% | — |
| Physics | 1 | 6% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
A level subjects4
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | — | — | 1% |
| Politics | — | — | 6% |
| History | — | — | 13% |
| Psychology | — | — | 23% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses9
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Psychology | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Biology | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
| History | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
| Health Studies | BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D) | — | — | — |
| Sports Studies | BTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D* | — | — | — |
| Sports Studies | BTEC National Foundation Diploma L3 - Band H - P-D* | — | — | — |
| Study Skills | Extended Project (Diploma) | — | — | — |
| Biology | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:
Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.
Which jobs use what’s taught here?
A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.
Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.
Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works
More apprenticeships9
How do you get a place?
Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with Lancashire, not by distance.
- Any timeAsk Lancashire’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
Compare with nearby schools
More Lancashire schools3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.