Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School
Dark Lane, Rossendale, BB4 7UA
112 pupils · 53% 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
- 55.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 8 January 2025, published 3 February 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 | 20% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“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 — 0.7 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 10 | 7 | 20 | 10 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 18 | 12 | 37 | 17 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 14 | 12 | 30 | 12 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 12 | 12 | 30 | 12 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 13 | 13 | 26 | 13 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 12 | 11 | 44 | 12 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 7 | 6 | 25 | 6 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 19 | 14 | 47 | 17 |
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 Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch 0.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Waterfoot Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School 2.2 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall 2.3 km · Standards maintained (2025)
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.