Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceNot judged
About the School
Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lancashire, North West.
It currently serves 109 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2024
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Requires improvement
Quality ofeducation
Requires improvement
Personaldevelopment
Good
Behaviour &attitudes
Requires improvement
Early yearsprovision
Requires improvement
Academic Performance
Well below average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 12%
- Higher standard
- 0%
- Reading score
- 98
- Maths score
- 93
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
55%Boys
45%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 109
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
Inspection history
3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2024 | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Good | Requires improvement | Not judged |
| 17 Jan 2022 | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Good | Requires improvement | Requires improvement |
| 27 Feb 2012 | Outstanding | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Outstanding |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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Nearby Primary Schools
Other primary schools within about 2 miles of Lancashire.
St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall
Lancashire · 0.8 mi
St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall
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Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Lancashire · 1.1 mi
Haslingden Broadway Primary School
Lancashire · 1.2 mi
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden
Lancashire · 1.2 mi
Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School
Lancashire · 1.3 mi
Edenfield Church of England Primary School
Lancashire · 1.4 mi
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch
Lancashire · 1.5 mi