Overall Oxbridge
#79
1 ranked schools · +835 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
47
Offers
14
Offer rate29.8%
+7.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
A Norman stronghold since the twelfth century, Clitheroe's castle keep crowns a limestone crag above the Ribble Valley, and remains one of the smallest surviving keeps in Great Britain. Around 17,000 people call the town home.
Gisburn and Whalley are the most school-competitive villages in the surrounding area, drawing families who weigh primary catchments alongside the valley's settled county provision, with Edisford and Billington offering quieter residential pockets close to the town centre. The Ribble Valley Line reaches Manchester Victoria in just over an hour, placing this Lancashire market town within practical distance of a major regional city while the Forest of Bowland stretches to the north.
Area Performance
Across 22 primary and secondary schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.21/10, -0.15 vs England.
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Distribution across all Clitheroe schools
Clitheroe vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Clitheroe schools
top 49% of 14,978
top 49% of 14,978
top 49% of 3,680
top 49% of 3,680
Overall Oxbridge
1 ranked schools · +835 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
47
Offers
14
Oxford
1 ranked schools · +130 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
20
Offers
5
Cambridge
1 ranked schools · +710 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
27
Offers
9
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