Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy

bishop rawstorne church of england academy gained academy status in august 2011 and has since seen many exciting opportunities. for some years we have been a high performing school and our outstanding designation has been used as a springboard to go ‘beyond outstanding’. year on year we continue to attain remarkable results that ensure we remain within the top 10% of schools nationally. in addition, the church times rated the school as one of the top ten church of england schools in the country. the national college of school leadership appointed our executive headteacher mr davies a national leader of education and the school a national support school. in march 2012 the ncsl also announced we were to be one of only 200 teaching schools in the country. bishop rawstorne has also been appointed a school direct school placing us at the heart of teacher training and we have been awarded the highest number of places in the region. in addition, we have also been licenced by the ncsl as part