St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall
Primary · Rossendale · BB4 8SU
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 19 January 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
211 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 1.4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 7.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.4% of pupils
- URN
- 119665
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.17 first-choice applications per place29 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
32 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 19% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 18 January 2023: School remains Good
- 26 September 2017: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall
- Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School
- Alder Grange School
- Belmont School
- Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School
- Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School
- All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden