Alder Grange School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 12 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
119722
Address
Calder Road, Rawtenstall, BB4 8HW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
855 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.5%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.9%
Bangladeshi 7%
Mixed 4.1%
Pakistani 2.9%
Other White 1.1%
Other Asian 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Chinese 0.5%
Indian 0.2%
Other 0.2%
African 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 1%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.2
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.43
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award21
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE14
Art & DesignGCSE13
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE43
English LanguageGCSE139
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Alder Grange School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
142
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
196
3rd preference
147
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
140
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes16.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
153
87
66
Year 8
152
74
78
Year 9
145
70
75
Year 10
146
75
71
Year 11
140
68
72
Year 12
89
48
41
Year 13
30
13
17
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
53.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
27.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
68.0%
62.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
22.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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