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Accrington Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Queens Road West, Accrington BB5 4FF · accrington-academy.org · 01254 304300
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 953
- 83% of 1,150 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 42%
- First language not English
- 22.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 165 families put the school first and 199 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 199 | 165 | 0.8 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 184 | 178 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 198 | 191 | 1 | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 198 | 180 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 198 | 242 | 1.2▲ | 74% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.4, and 38.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lancashire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
In 2023/24 the average A level result was grade C- (27.4 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲52.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.67 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 6.4 | −22.8 |
| Sixth form college | 0.5 | — |
| Further education | 77.1 | +24.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.8 | +0.7 |
| Employment | 2.1 | −1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.4 | −2.3 |
| Activity not captured | 2.7 | +1.2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 students | — | Average +0.02 | |
| 5 students | — | Average +0.02 | |
| 28 students | Merit+ (27.4) | Average -0.26 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 38 | C- (27.4) | -0.25 |
| 2022/23 | 44 | C- (25.6) | — |
| 2021/22 | 39 | C (29.4) | — |
| 2018/19 | 76 | C- (26) | -0.16 |
| 2017/18 | 53 | C- (26.3) | -0.08 |
| 2016/17 | 58 | C- (26.7) | +0.19 |
| 2015/16 | 79 | C- (25.5) | +0.25 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 52.6 | −2.5 |
| Other education | 1.8 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 7 | +0.9 |
| Employment | 21.1 | +6.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.5 | −9.9 |
| Activity not captured | 7 | +2.9 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Accrington Academy on 4 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 4 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Sixth form | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good May 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (39 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 39
- 4% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied