Schools in Rossendale[1]

Local authority district E07000125 · 46 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 43 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 14 (33%)[4]
second 20%: 12 (28%)[4]
middle 20%: 6 (14%)[4]
fourth 20%: 8 (19%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 3 (7%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	21%[4]	30%[4]	16%[4]	23%[4]	9%[4]
Employment	33%[4]	23%[4]	19%[4]	14%[4]	12%[4]
Education and skills	16%[4]	26%[4]	14%[4]	26%[4]	19%[4]
Health and disability	40%[4]	21%[4]	23%[4]	14%[4]	2%[4]
Crime	21%[4]	35%[4]	21%[4]	19%[4]	5%[4]
Housing and services	40%[4]	37%[4]	21%[4]	0%[4]	2%[4]
Living environment	51%[4]	23%[4]	16%[4]	9%[4]	0%[4]
Children in low-income families	19%[4]	26%[4]	21%[4]	14%[4]	21%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 67.9% of 30,565 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 30.6% of 57,299 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 11.4% of 57,303 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Grammar schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 76 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]

Secondary schools (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Alder Grange School	11–18[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy	11–16[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8]
Haslingden High School and Sixth Form	11–18[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
The Valley Leadership Academy	11–16[2]	A8 34 2025/26[8]
Whitworth Community High School	11–16[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (31)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 37% 2024/25[10]
Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Bacup Thorn Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Britannia Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Crawshawbooth Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Edenfield Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Haslingden Broadway Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Haslingden Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Haslingden St James Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Helmshore Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
Northern Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 32% 2024/25[10]
Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 20% 2024/25[10]
Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Sharneyford Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 30% 2024/25[10]
St Anne's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall	5–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
St John's Stonefold CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 15% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
St Veronica's Roman Catholic Primary School, Helmshore	4–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Tonacliffe Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Water Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 36% 2024/25[10]
Waterfoot Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]

Special schools and alternative provision (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Belmont School	5–18[2]
Maple House School	6–14[2]
Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School	5–11[2]
Rossendale School	7–19[2]
Tor View School	3–19[2]
Woodlands	6–14[2]

Nursery schools (3)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bacup Nursery School	2–5[2]
Hillside Nursery School	2–4[2]
Staghills Nursery School	2–5[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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