The Valley Leadership Academy
Academy · Year 7–Year 11 · 578 pupils
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Glen Road, Rossendale BB4 7BJ
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
1,087
On roll
Ages
11–18
Capacity 1,260
Local authority
Lancashire
Star Academies
Schola Grade 9
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Some measures aren't reported for this school, so the grade uses the ones available. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School is a secondary academy in Rossendale, Lancashire, for pupils aged 11–18 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of Star Academies.
It has 1,087 pupils on roll and room for 1,260. It is a grammar school: state-funded, and admitting pupils by an entrance test. It has a sixth form. Its Schola Grade is 9 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 13
- Ages
- 11–18
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,087
- Capacity
- 1,260 pupils
- Free school meals
- 7.30% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- Star Academies
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 150261
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