Accrington Academy

Queens Road West, Accrington, BB5 4FF

953 pupils · 83% of 1,150 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Academy sponsor led
Ages
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Christian
Admissions
Non-selective
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST
Local authority
Lancashire
Free school meals
42%

Ofsted

No overall grade (2025)Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 4 March 2025, published 28 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score39.4
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)38.7%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)56.5%
Entering the English Baccalaureate52.2%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available 0.83 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry199165500199
Sept 2025 entry184178518184
Sept 2024 entry198191596198
Sept 2023 entry198180584198
Sept 2022 entry198242666198
Sept 2021 entry199216656199
Sept 2020 entry199219681199
Sept 2019 entry200223660200

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.