Rishworth School
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met, January 2025
- Results
- C- average a level grade
- Size
- 361 pupils
- Run by
- Its proprietor
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 10 to 19 · Mixed
- Fees
- Day £18,645 to £19,995 a year
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
A private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview; offer-day figures are not published.
Offers
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Results
Quality
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SourceISI · inspected 14 January 2025
DfE 16 to 18 performance tables · 2024/2025
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
- Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met
- Average A level grade: C-
- Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: average
Results
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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average A level grade | C- | — | — | 2024/2025 |
League table place
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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| Private schools: A level | 1st (1/1) |
Where leavers go
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SourceDfE, destination measures.
- A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.
| Stage | Leavers in | Pupils | In a sustained place | Of which |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After sixth form | 2023/24 | 27 | 85% | Further education 3.7%; Apprenticeship 3.7%; Employment 3.7% |
| After sixth form | 2022/23 | 32 | 84% | Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 3.1%; Employment 25% |
| After sixth form | 2021/22 | 41 | 90% | Further education 2.4%; Apprenticeship 7.3%; Employment 24% |
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 250 m
- 6 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 1 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 6.1 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.1 (1 km square, background level)
- Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).
Stops nearby
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.
- A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 250 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 1 serious and 0 fatal in all; 1 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 6.1 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 9.5 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 6.1 | 2024 |
Who goes there
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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| SEN support | 27% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 2.5% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 46% | 2025/26 |
Admissions
Getting in
- A private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview. Offer-day figures are not published for private schools.
Who runs it
- A private school is not part of a state trust; its owner is named on its own website.
Fees and clubs
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SourceThe school's own fees page, 2026/27.
Nearby
Nurseries nearby
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SourceOfsted early years register.
Sources
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, destination measures
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Sowerby Bridge and the Calderdale league table.
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