Rivington and Blackrod High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 15 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bolton
Unique reference
143773
Address
Rivington Lane, Horwich, BL6 7RU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1526 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
10.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.1%
Persistent absence
18.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.1%
Pakistani 9.6%
Mixed 4%
Other White 2.7%
African 2.6%
Indian 1.7%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.76
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award44
Speech & DramaTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE46
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE73
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE41
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Rivington and Blackrod High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
291
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
248
2nd preference
145
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
76
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
247
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
50
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
291
141
150
Year 8
261
122
139
Year 9
232
132
100
Year 10
284
143
141
Year 11
278
140
138
Year 12
83
35
48
Year 13
97
45
52
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
44.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
43.0%
16.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
22.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
59.0%
66.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
13.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
10.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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