Wellfield Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F37
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leyland, PR25 2TP
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Balshaw's Church of England High School
Church Road, Leyland, PR25 3AH
Local ranking17th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
925
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 2 February 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 53.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 51.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 179
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 933
- Boys
- 492 (53%)
- Girls
- 429 (47%)
- Capacity
- 925 (100% full)
- SEND
- 9.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.6%
- EAL
- 3.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 6.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,041/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.5%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Other: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
87.5%
White British
3.3%
White Other
1.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 119775
- UKPRN
- 10015034
- Establishment No.
- 4500
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