Schools by area › Lancashire › The Hollins
The Hollins
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Hollins Lane, Accrington BB5 2QY · thehollins.com · 01254 233500
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 794
- 99% of 800 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 35.4%
- First language not English
- 27.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Let Education Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 153 families put the school first and 152 places were offered; 88% 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 | 152 | 153 | 1▲ | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 158 | 164 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 158 | 219 | 1.4▲ | 68% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 157 | 167 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 162 | 205 | 1.3▲ | 72% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.7, and 33.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lancashire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼33.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼51.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼13.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.40 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 119757)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 20.6 | −1.6 |
| Further education | 58.1 | +3.7 |
| Other education | 1.3 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 9.7 | −3.6 |
| Employment | 3.2 | +1.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.8 | +0.7 |
| Activity not captured | 1.3 | −1.2 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for The Hollins was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 119757), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119757)
Oct 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119757)
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 53
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (23%) with SEND