Whitworth Community High School is a secondary school located in Rossendale. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 05/12/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.8%, which is 0.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Hall Fold, Rossendale, OL12 8TS
Website: http://www.wchs.co
Telephone: 01706343218
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Gillian Middlemas
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 119753

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 05/12/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 709
Number of Pupils: 641
Number of Boys: 319
Number of Girls: 322

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.03 Confidence interval -0.26 to 0.2
Of the 120 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 119 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:14%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:87%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:43%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.8
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School
Hallfold , Hall Street OL12 8TL 		3out of 4 209 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth
Lime Grove, Off John Street , Whitworth OL12 8DB 		4out of 4 1,067 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Tonacliffe Primary School
Tonacliffe Road , Whitworth OL12 8SS 		4out of 4 1,105 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St John with St Michael Church of England Primary School, Shawforth
Moss Side Street , Shawforth OL12 8EP 		3out of 4 2,983 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Shawclough Community Primary School
Thrum Hall Lane , OL12 6DE 		3out of 4 3,082 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Whitworth Community High School
Hall Fold , Whitworth OL12 8TS 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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