Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School
Community schoolPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed
Linden Lea, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 6DX
Headteacher · Mr Daniel Hargreaves
From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 6 October 2026. Report a correction
Key facts
Pupils109Capacity 210
OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 8 October 2024
Free school meals44%
Ofsted
Inspection on 8 October 2024. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementRequires improvement
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- SafeguardingEffective
Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.
Reception applications close 15 January 2027
For September 2027. Apply through Lancashire council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.
How to apply in LancashireApplications for September 2026
All 9 families who put it first were offered a place.
Places offered11
Applications17
First choice9
First-choice offers9
Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.
Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).
Nearby schools for the same ages
- St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall0.8 mi
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall0.8 mi
- Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School1.1 mi
- Haslingden Broadway Primary School1.2 mi
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden1.2 mi