Secondary
Accrington Academy
Queens Road West, Accrington, BB5 4FF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 953 of 1150 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 89.9
- Pupils per adult
- 11.7
- Pupils
- 1,051
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
39%
Level with the Accrington average (39% across 5 schools)
39.4
2.6 below the Accrington average (42.0 across 5 schools)
3rd of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Accrington we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.67 |
| Entered the EBacc | 52% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% |
| A level students | 5 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34% |
| 22/23 | 30% |
| 23/24 | 34% |
| 24/25 | 39% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 29.4 |
| 22/23 | 25.6 |
| 23/24 | 27.4 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.44 |
| 22/23 | -0.40 |
| 23/24 | -0.62 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.2 |
| 22/23 | 40.6 |
| 23/24 | 39.7 |
| 24/25 | 39.4 |
Queens Road West, Accrington, BB5 4FF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Melanie Haselden
- Address
- Queens Road West, Accrington, BB5 4FF
- Telephone
- 01254304300