Alder Grange School

Community school · Secondary school · Rossendale, Lancashire
BB4 8HW
Composite score
46.2

School overview

Alder Grange School is a secondary school serving Rossendale, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 902 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 37.0, below the national average of 46. That is down 3.3 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

25% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 50% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Alder Grange School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#2,853
National rank
#379
In North West
#70
In Lancashire
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
37.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
25%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
50%
% EBacc grade 5+
1%
EBacc average points score
3.00

School profile

Pupils on roll 902 % FSM ever-6 24.3% % EAL 5.1% Age range 11–18 Gender Mixed

Location

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