St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall
Haslingden Old Road, ROSSENDALE, BB4 8RZ
182 pupils · 87% of 210 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 22%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 March 2025, published 3 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 50% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 13% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.83 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 18 | 15 | 52 | 16 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 15 | 14 | 50 | 15 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 22 | 22 | 60 | 22 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 25 | 24 | 58 | 24 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 29 | 79 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 22 | 20 | 60 | 22 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 28 | 25 | 72 | 27 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 29 | 23 | 61 | 27 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall 0.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School 0.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School 1.3 km · No overall grade (2024)
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden 1.7 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Haslingden Primary School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch 2.3 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.