Secondary schools in Clitheroe
4 secondary schools in Clitheroe, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings. All-through schools, which take pupils from 4 to 18, are listed on both the primary and the secondary page for their town.
Clitheroe in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 4 schools in Clitheroe first 825 times for 798 places: 1.03 first choices per place, against 1.01 across the Lancashire authority's 80 schools. 2 of the 4 had more first choices than places.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
- Bowland High
- Ribblesdale School
- St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
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Primary schools in Clitheroe →
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