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Clitheroe Royal Grammar School

Clitheroe · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18

Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136390)

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Overview

Address
York Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 2DJ
Status
Open
Admits
Mixed (co-educational)
Age range
11 to 18
Number of pupils
1,496
Capacity
1,613
Eligible for free school meals
11.1%
Sixth form
Yes
School type
Academy converter
Religious character
None
Trust
Not yet available
Local authority
Lancashire

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026

Admissions and the 11+

Admissions policy
Selective (grammar school)
Selection in this area
Partially selective area5% of Year 7 places offered in Lancashire for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
Entrance test
Not yet available
Qualifying score
Not yet available
Catchment area
Immediate catchment area: these civil parishes of Ribble Valley: Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley; Balderstone; Bashall Eaves; Billington and Langho; Bolton by Bowland; Bowland Forest High; Bowland Forest Low; Bowland with Leagram; Chatburn; Clayton-le-Dale; Clitheroe; Dinckley; Downham; Easington; Gisburn; Gisburn Forest; Great Mitton; Grindleton; Horton; Little Mitton; Mearley; Mellor; Middop; Newsholme; Newton; Osbaldeston; Paythorne; Pendleton; Ramsgreave; Read; Rimington; Sabden; Salesbury; Sawley; Simonstone; Slaidburn; Twiston; Waddington; West Bradford; Whalley; Wilpshire; Wiswell and Barrow; Worston. There is also a wider catchment area (shown on the school's map). Within each area, places go by test result.
Children from outside the catchment
Sometimes: Qualifying children outside both catchment areas come last (pupil premium children first), in order of test result, after all qualifying children in the immediate and wider catchment areas.

Applications and offers for Year 7

For September 2026 entry, 451 applicants named this school (231 as their first choice) for 175 places. 18 of 175 offers went to children living outside Lancashire.

Applications and offers by September intake
IntakePlaces offeredApplicantsFirst choiceFirst choices per placeOffers to children outside Lancashire
Sept 20261754512311.318
Sept 20251734272131.22
Sept 20241794492301.30
Sept 20231814712371.324
Sept 20221463621871.315
Show all 13 years
Earlier intakes
IntakePlaces offeredApplicantsFirst choiceFirst choices per placeOffers to children outside Lancashire
Sept 20211474722221.518
Sept 20201484581941.319
Sept 20191504241931.321
Sept 20181503671641.115
Sept 20171512951771.217
Sept 20161523132051.313
Sept 20151181421331.112
Sept 20141242751581.39

"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Lancashire" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.

Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (lancashire.gov.uk), last checked 1 November 2026

Key dates

Test registration
Not yet available
Test date
Not yet available
Results sent to families
Not yet available
Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
National offer day
1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
Open days
Not yet available
School opened (current registration)
1 January 2011

Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

Ofsted inspection

Inspected on 22 November 2022: overall Outstanding. Read the report ↗

Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Sixth form provision
Outstanding
Inspection history (2)
  • 22 November 2022: School inspection, Outstanding · report
  • 14 February 2012: Academy conversion letter · report

Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026

Exam results

GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)

GCSE results compared with national averages
MeasureThis schoolSelective schools in EnglandAll state schools in England
Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90).70.872.146.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths98.6%93.7%46.3%
Grade 7 or above in English and maths55.8%57.7%14.2%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%98.3%64.8%
Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.–––

Attainment 8 over time: 72.8 (2023/24) → 74.4 (2024/25) → 70.8 (2025/26).

147 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.

Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026

How to get there

Postcode
BB7 2DJ
Map location
53.87466, -2.38851
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Telephone
01200423118

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

School website
www.crgs.org.uk
Official register record
Get Information About Schools (URN 136390) ↗
Admissions policy document
Not yet available
Further reading
Wikipedia ↗

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026