Education in Ribble Valley

District

The north of the North West. 66,938 people in 584 square kilometres.

2 layers about education for Ribble Valley, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

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Schools by council

Worked out by Open Index · 2026

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Ribble Valley had 45 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

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Ribble Valley had 45 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.

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Schools in Ribble Valley

Ribble Valley has 45 open schools: 1 nursery, 32 primary, 5 secondary, 1 all-through, 3 special and 3 independent.

Outstanding: 2
Good: 8
Requires improvement: 1
Inadequate: 1

12 of the 40 schools in Ofsted's file have an overall grade from a graded inspection between February 2020 and July 2024.

8 schools have a report card from the renewed framework (from November 2025), which gives no overall grade.

5 schools had a graded inspection from September 2024, when Ofsted stopped giving an overall grade.

Ofsted says grades from different frameworks can't be compared, and an old grade may not describe a school today. Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

Schools rated Outstanding in Ribble Valley

2 schools had Outstanding as the overall grade at their latest graded inspection, which is the date given. A later ungraded inspection, shown in the table, may say more.

Brabins Endowed School (June 2024), Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (November 2022).

Nursery (1)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
Ribblesdale Nursery School	Local authority nursery school	2 to 5	60	Standards maintained, March 2025

Primary (32)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge	Academy converter	2 to 11	235	School remains Good, October 2022
Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Voluntary aided school	2 to 11	106	School remains Good, September 2023
Barnacre Road Primary School	Academy sponsor led	4 to 11	201	Inadequate (overall), February 2023, before the school changed, special measures
Barrow URC Primary School	Voluntary controlled school	4 to 11	206	Good (overall), June 2024
Bolton by Bowland Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	25	Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
Brabins Endowed School	Voluntary controlled school	4 to 11	85	Outstanding (overall), June 2024
Chatburn Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	132	Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
Clitheroe Brookside Primary School	Community school	5 to 11	87	Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
Clitheroe Pendle Primary School	Community school	5 to 11	349	Good (overall), July 2024
Edisford Primary School	Community school	4 to 11	212	Standards maintained, March 2025Good (overall), February 2020
Gisburn Primary School	Community school	4 to 11	140	Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	29	Good (overall), May 2023
Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	307	Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
Longridge Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	200	Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	199	School remains Good, March 2023
Mellor St Mary Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	144	Improved significantly, March 2025
Read St John's CofE Primary School	Voluntary controlled school	4 to 11	201	School remains Good, February 2023
Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	96	School remains Good, March 2023
Sabden Primary School	Community school	3 to 11	101	Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met
Salesbury Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	283	School remains Good, July 2022
Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	138	School remains Good, May 2023
Slaidburn Brennands Endowed Primary School	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	25	School remains Good, November 2022
St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	262	Standards maintained, March 2025
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hurst Green	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	110	Good (overall), May 2024
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chipping	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	58	Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	274	Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Osbaldeston	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	69	Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	69	School remains Good, November 2022
St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	Academy converter	4 to 11	133	Good (overall), July 2023, before the school changed
Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	25	Standards maintained, March 2025
Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	200	School remains Good, March 2023
Whalley Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	5 to 11	315	Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met

Secondary (5)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
Bowland High	Academy converter	11 to 16	644	Good (overall), December 2022
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School	Academy converter	11 to 18	1,496	Outstanding (overall), November 2022
Longridge High School	Academy converter	11 to 16	810	Requires improvement (overall), September 2021, before the school changed
St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy	Academy converter	11 to 16	1,117	Good (overall), December 2023
St Cecilia's RC High School	Voluntary aided school	11 to 16	581	Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade

All-through (1)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
Ribblesdale School	Community school	4 to 16	1,437	Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade

Special (3)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
Brook View School	Other independent special school	8 to 19	10	No outcome in Ofsted's file
Hillside Specialist School and College	Community special school	3 to 19	117	School remains Good, March 2024
TRUST-Education Group Ltd	Other independent special school	11 to 16		No outcome in Ofsted's file

Independent (3)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
Moorland School Limited	Other independent school	4 to 11	220	Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
Oakhill School	Other independent school	0 to 16	279	Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
Stonyhurst College	Other independent school	3 to 19	680	Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

Ofsted inspects state-funded schools; independent schools and colleges are inspected separately and show no outcome here.

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), edubasealldata20261015.csv; Ofsted, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.