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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
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Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,087of 1,260 places
- Free school meals
- 7.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 175
- Ofsted
- Inadequate, 14 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (URN 138835, until 1 September 2023).
What the data says
The Department for Education has not published where Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 73.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 97% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%) — as a selective grammar school, Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School admits pupils by test at 11, which drives these figures.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 45% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 95% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lancashire and England.
The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 73.3 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 97% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 96% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.15 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 4% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 73.4 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 73.3 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 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 | 175 | 100% | 88% | 85% | 22% | 100% |
| English Language | 175 | 100% | 89% | 70% | 20% | 100% |
| English Literature | 174 | 99% | 86% | 55% | 21% | 99% |
| Physics | 166 | 95% | 23% | 62% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 166 | 95% | 23% | 56% | 45% | 99% |
| Chemistry | 166 | 95% | 23% | 59% | 47% | 99% |
| Religious Studies | 121 | 69% | 31% | 67% | 32% | 98% |
| History | 118 | 67% | 41% | 62% | 26% | 97% |
| Geography | 117 | 67% | 41% | 67% | 25% | 99% |
| Spanish | 101 | 58% | 19% | 59% | 27% | 99% |
| German | 79 | 45% | 5% | 68% | 33% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 51 | 29% | 13% | 69% | 30% | 96% |
| Physical Education | 51 | 29% | 11% | 22% | 24% | 78% |
| Art and Design | 49 | 28% | 7% | 55% | 24% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 39 | 22% | 11% | 56% | 23% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 35 | 20% | 8% | 74% | 21% | 100% |
| Music | 25 | 14% | 5% | 44% | 33% | 96% |
| Drama | 21 | 12% | 7% | 71% | 27% | 95% |
| Combined Science | 9 | 5% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 78% |
| Japanese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 191 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 94 | 4,666 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | B | B- | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | 39.55 | 36.46 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | B | B- | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | 31% | 17% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 61 | 65% | 31% |
| Chemistry | 44 | 47% | 17% |
| Biology | 38 | 40% | 20% |
| Psychology | 24 | 26% | 23% |
| Physics | 23 | 24% | 12% |
| Law | 14 | 15% | 4% |
| Economics | 13 | 14% | 13% |
| Sociology | 11 | 12% | 13% |
| English Literature | 9 | 10% | 11% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 9% | 5% |
| Geography | 8 | 9% | 10% |
| History | 8 | 9% | 13% |
| Spanish | 7 | 7% | 2% |
| Further Mathematics | 7 | 7% | 5% |
| English Language | 6 | 6% | 4% |
| German | — | — | 0% |
| Business Studies | — | — | 13% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Skills | Extended Project (Diploma) | — | — | — |
Where Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School is
Other secondary schools in Lancashire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Lancashire’s allocation statistics.
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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.