Clitheroe Royal Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
136390
Address
York Street, BB7 2DJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1475 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
6.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.3%
Persistent absence
7.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.3%
Pakistani 20.8%
Mixed 5.7%
Indian 5.2%
Chinese 1.8%
Other Asian 1.1%
Other White 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
African 0.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 79%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 96%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 74.3
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 7.03
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE147
ChemistryGCSE147
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE149
English LiteratureGCSE149
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Clitheroe Royal Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
173
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
213
2nd preference
81
3rd preference
131
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
91
89
Year 8
181
103
78
Year 9
151
86
65
Year 10
149
81
68
Year 11
149
82
67
Year 12
337
162
175
Year 13
328
137
191
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
5.0%
48.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
88.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
20.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
7.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
75.0%
57.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
46.0%
19.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
SP
2.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
3.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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