Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
150261
Address
Glen Road, BB4 7BJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1121 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
51.5%
Girls
48.5%
First language not English
7.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.9%
Persistent absence
20.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.4%
Pakistani 16.3%
Mixed 6.1%
Bangladeshi 3.5%
Other Asian 2.8%
Chinese 2.2%
Other White 1.8%
African 1.6%
Indian 1.2%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE156
ChemistryGCSE156
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE42
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE174
English LiteratureGCSE174
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE50
FrenchGCSE49
GeographyGCSE91
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
147
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
73
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
89
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
144
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
53
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 classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
167
78
89
Year 8
178
98
80
Year 9
168
93
75
Year 10
179
86
93
Year 11
176
85
91
Year 12
97
58
39
Year 13
156
79
77
Year 2023-2024

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