UK Schools
Ribblesdale School
Ribblesdale School is a mixed local-authority maintained all-through school in Clitheroe, Lancashire County Council, teaching 1,437 pupils aged 4 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in July 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 43.5 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Ribblesdale School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Ribblesdale School.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- School opens for Reception pupils (8.45am–12 noon) Tuesday 2 September 2025 Event
- School opens for Primary Year 1, 2 & Secondary Year 7 & 11 pupils Tuesday 2 September 2025 Event
- School opens for Reception (full time), Year 8, 9 & 10 Pupils Wednesday 3 September 2025 Event
- School closes after school Wednesday 22 October 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Monday 27 October – Friday 31 October 2025 Holiday
- School re-opens after Autumn Half Term Monday 3 November 2025 Holiday
- School closes after school at 12:30pm Friday 19 December 2025 Event
- Christmas Holiday Monday 22 December 2025 – Friday 2 January 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens for Spring Term Monday 5 January 2026 Term
- School closes after school Friday 13 February 2026 Event
- Spring Half Term Holiday Monday 16 February – Friday 20 February 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens after Spring Half Term Monday 23 February 2026 Holiday
- School closes after school for Easter Holiday Friday 27 March 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Monday 30 March – Friday 10 April 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens for Summer Term Monday 13 April 2026 Term
- May Day Closure (Early May Bank Holiday) Monday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- School closes after school Friday 22 May 2026 Event
- Summer Half Term Holiday (includes Spring Bank Holiday on 25 May) Monday 25 May – Friday 29 May 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens after Summer Half Term Monday 1 June 2026 Holiday
- School closes after school at 12:30pm for Summer Holidays Friday 17 July 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday (approximately six weeks break) Monday 20 July – Monday 31 August 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Thursday 25 December 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Friday 26 December 2025 Holiday
- New Year’s Day (Bank Holiday) Thursday 1 January 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Friday 3 April 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Monday 6 April 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday Monday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Monday 31 August 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Ribblesdale School with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 43.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 21.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 91% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Ribblesdale School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Ribblesdale School than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.