Rhyddings

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
148921
Address
Haworth Street, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3EA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
642 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
25.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.8%
Persistent absence
37.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 48.9%
Pakistani 34.9%
Mixed 4.4%
Other White 2.5%
Other 2%
Unclassified 1.7%
Other Asian 1.6%
African 1.2%
Indian 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.79
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 20%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.1
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.87
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award19
TourismTechnical Award8
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE19
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE102
English LiteratureGCSE101
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Rhyddings

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
149
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
88
2nd preference
98
3rd preference
81
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
88
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
16
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
142
79
63
Year 8
147
72
75
Year 9
122
64
58
Year 10
126
66
60
Year 11
105
59
46
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
80.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
2.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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