Schools

Rossendale schools and Ofsted

Every state school and nursery in Rossendale, 42 in all, with its latest Ofsted inspection. 83% were judged good or better at their last inspection. 9 have the new-style report cards, which grade each area of the school rather than giving one word.

42state schools and nurseries

83%good or betterat their last inspection

9new report cardssince November 2025

9inspections publishedin the last six months

Darker means a bigger share of schools judged good or better. Tap an area for its page.

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Latest inspections

Every school


Alder Grange SchoolBB4 8HW	Secondary	Rawtenstall	Report card Jun 2026: Expected standard in 6, needs attention in 1
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyBB4 6SJ	Secondary	Rawtenstall	Requires improvement (2024)
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar SchoolBB4 7BJ	Secondary	Waterfoot	Report card Sept 2026: Exceptional in every area
Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary SchoolOL13 0QW	Primary	Bacup	Good (2024)
Bacup Nursery SchoolOL13 8EF	Nursery	Bacup	Report card Jul 2026: Strong standard in every area
Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary SchoolOL13 9RR	Primary	Bacup	School remains Good (2024)
Bacup Thorn Primary SchoolOL13 8EF	Primary	Bacup	Good (2024)
Britannia Community Primary SchoolOL13 9TS	Primary	Bacup	Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 6
Crawshawbooth Primary SchoolBB4 8AN	Primary	Crawshawbooth	School remains Good (2023)
Edenfield Church of England Primary SchoolBL0 0HL	Primary	Stubbins	Outstanding in every area (2025)
Haslingden Broadway Primary SchoolBB4 4EH	Primary	Helmshore	Good in every area (2025)
Haslingden High School and Sixth FormBB4 4EY	Secondary	Helmshore	Report card Jul 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 6
Haslingden Primary SchoolBB4 4BJ	Primary	Haslingden	School remains Good (2024)
Haslingden St James Church of England Primary SchoolBB4 5HQ	Primary	Haslingden	School remains Good (improving) (2024)
Helmshore Primary SchoolBB4 4JW	Primary	Helmshore	Good (2024)
Hillside Nursery SchoolBB4 5NH	Nursery	Haslingden	School remains Good (2023)
Northern Primary SchoolOL13 8PH	Primary	Bacup	School remains Good (2024)
Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, WhitworthOL12 8DB	Primary	Whitworth	Good (2024)
Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary SchoolBL0 0NA	Primary	Stubbins	School remains Good (with concerns) (2024)
Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary SchoolBB4 6DX	Primary	Rawtenstall	Good in 1, requires improvement in 3 (2024)
Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special SchoolBB4 6RX	Special	Rawtenstall	Outstanding (2024)
Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary SchoolBB4 7UA	Primary	Newchurch	Good in 3, requires improvement in 1 (2025)
Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolBB4 8HW	Primary	Rawtenstall	School remains Good (2023)
Sharneyford Primary SchoolOL13 9UQ	Primary	Bacup	Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in every area
St Anne's Church of England Primary SchoolBB4 9JE	Primary	Newchurch	School remains Good (2023)
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolOL12 8TL	Primary	Whitworth	Standards maintained (2025)
St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, RawtenstallBB4 8SU	Primary	Rawtenstall	School remains Good (2023)
St John With St Michael Church of England Primary SchoolOL12 8EP	Primary	Whitworth	School remains Good (2023)
St John's Stonefold CofE Primary SchoolBB5 2SW	Primary	Rising Bridge	Good (2023)
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, BacupOL13 8LD	Primary	Bacup	Report card Jun 2026: Expected standard in 2, needs attention in 5
St Mary's CofE Primary School RawtenstallBB4 8RZ	Primary	Rawtenstall	Standards maintained (2025)
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyOL13 9LJ	Primary	Bacup	Report card May 2026: Expected standard in 2, needs attention in 5
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, HaslingdenBB4 5NP	Primary	Haslingden	Outstanding (2024)
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, NewchurchBB4 9EZ	Primary	Newchurch	Outstanding in every area (2024)
St Veronica's Roman Catholic Primary School, HelmshoreBB4 4EZ	Primary	Helmshore	Good (2024)
Staghills Nursery SchoolBB4 7UE	Nursery	Newchurch	Standards maintained (2025)
The Valley Leadership AcademyOL13 0TG	Secondary	Waterfoot	Report card Jun 2026: Expected standard in 3, needs attention in 3
Tonacliffe Primary SchoolOL12 8SS	Primary	Whitworth	Good (2024)
Tor View SchoolBB4 6LR	Special	Helmshore	Standards maintained (2025)
Water Primary SchoolBB4 9PX	Primary	Water	Good (2023)
Waterfoot Primary SchoolBB4 9DA	Primary	Waterfoot	School remains Good (2023)
Whitworth Community High SchoolOL12 8TS	Secondary	Whitworth	School remains Good (2023)

How the new report cards work

Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school (achievement, teaching, behaviour, personal development, inclusion, leadership) on a five-point scale: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement. Safeguarding is met or not met. Across the 9 Rossendale report cards so far, the grades given were: expected standard 32 times, needs attention 14 times, strong standard 8 times, exceptional 7 times.

Schools inspected before then have a single grade (outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate), or from September 2024 a grade for each area without an overall one. Short “ungraded” visits check a school is still at its last grade.

Where the figures come from

Ofsted publishes the latest inspection of every state-funded school each month, under the Open Government Licence. We keep those at BB, OL and BL postcodes and show here the ones in Rossendale. Independent schools and childminders aren’t included. Each school links to its full report on the Ofsted website.