Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School
Special school school · Community special school · ages 5 to 11 · Mixed
Haslingden Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 6RX
- Pupils116
- Ages5 to 11
- Latest Ofsted15 May 2024
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.
Graded inspection · 15 May 2024
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- Early years provisionOutstanding
- Safeguarding is effectiveYes
Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).
S5 Inspection · report published 30 Jun 2024
Ungraded inspection · 30 Jun 2023
Outcome: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next. An ungraded inspection checks whether a school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection; it doesn’t give new grades.
Ungraded inspection · report published 31 Jul 2023
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
Primary results (end of Year 6, key stage 2)
2024/25 · 25 pupils. What these mean
Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Pupils who scored 100 or more in both the reading and maths tests and were assessed by teachers as working at the expected standard (or greater depth) in writing.
2024/25
Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
A high score (110 or more) in the reading and maths tests and working at greater depth in writing.
2024/25
Each subject separately
Expected standard in reading
2024/25
Expected standard in writing (teacher assessment)
2024/25
Expected standard in maths
2024/25
Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling
2024/25
Expected standard in science (teacher assessment)
2024/25
No progress scores for 2024/25: the DfE couldn’t calculate them because there was no key stage 1 data for these pupils (COVID-19 disruption). They return with the 2025/26 results.
Results describe one group of pupils in one year, so they can change a lot — especially in small schools. The DfE says “conclusions should not be drawn on a single piece of data alone.” This school on the DfE’s performance tables (opens in a new tab).
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 116 (capacity 91)
32 girls, 84 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 42.2% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Pupils with SEN support
Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.
2024/25
Pupils with an EHC plan
An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.
2024/25
Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years
2024/25
First language not English
This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.
2024/25
Attendance
Overall absence
The share of possible mornings and afternoons missed, for any reason (authorised or not).
2024/25
Persistent absence
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions.
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Community special school (Special schools)
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Special needs catered for
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- URN
- 119879 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
A school named in a child’s education, health and care (EHC) plan must give them a place. Ask your council about places at special schools.
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.