URN 119722 · Lancashire
Alder Grange School
Secondary · Community school · Rossendale · BB4 8HW
About the school
- Pupils
- 899
- Capacity
- 902
- Free school meals
- 23.2%
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils taught
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- None
- Region
- North West
- Website
- www.aldergrange.com
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools, register file of 08 Nov 2026; pupil numbers from the school census of 15 Jan 2026.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Report card inspection started 10 Mar 2026, published 09 Jun 2026.
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Source: Ofsted management information, as at 30 Sept 2026. Outcomes are Ofsted's own words.
GCSE results (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 39.1
- Progress 8
- Not published
- Grade 5+ English & maths
- 29.4%
- Grade 4+ English & maths
- 53.1%
- Pupils at end of KS4
- 143
Source: DfE Key stage 4 performance — performance tables schools data, academic year 2025/26. "Not published" means the DfE suppressed or did not calculate the figure. Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25 and 2025/26 because there were no KS2 results for those pupils. Primary (KS2) results: DfE school performance page.