Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School

About Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School

Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School sits slightly above the local authority average for its key stage 2 headline measure, with 63% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Lancashire average of 60%. That three-percentage-point gap places the school in the middle of the pack locally — ranked 14th out of 31 primary schools in Rossendale, and 209th out of 480 across the wider Lancashire authority. Its national percentile of 48 means it performs almost exactly in line with the median school in England. The school is not among the top performers in the area — the nearest outstanding-rated primary, Edenfield Church of England Primary, is just 1.5 kilometres away — but it holds a solid Good rating from Ofsted, which it retained following an ungraded inspection in June 2024. The school's capacity is 214, and with 191 pupils on roll it is not full, yet it was oversubscribed for 2025/26 entry, receiving 30 applications for 12 places, with 11 of those coming as first preferences.

Academic outcomes at Ramsbottom Stubbins show some notable strengths in individual subjects. In reading, 97% of pupils met the expected standard and 27% reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 107. Maths was similarly strong: 93% achieved the expected level, 37% reached the higher threshold, and the average score was 108. Writing was the relative weak spot — 67% met the expected standard and only 10% reached the higher level. The combined expected standard figure of 63% is therefore pulled down by writing, which lags behind reading and maths by a considerable margin. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. In the most recent graded inspection, from February 2019, Ofsted rated overall effectiveness as Good, with leadership and management also Good and early years provision Good. The previous inspection in 2007 had awarded Outstanding, so the school has stepped down a grade since then, but has held Good across its two most recent inspections.

The school offers a broad set of facilities for a primary of its size, including a forest school area, playing fields, an ICT suite, music rooms, art studios and a chapel. Sports provision covers football, cricket, swimming, rounders, tennis, netball and cross country, while clubs include science, book, choir and eco club. SEND support is available for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech and language needs, social and emotional mental health, visual impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. With 9.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively low-deprivation intake compared with the national average. For families considering Ramsbottom Stubbins, the key takeaway is a school that performs slightly above the local norm in core subjects, is popular enough to be oversubscribed, and offers a decent range of enrichment activities — but where writing outcomes are an area to watch, and where the Ofsted rating has settled at Good rather than Outstanding.

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