Albany Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chorley, PR7 3AY
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Holy Cross Catholic High School
Myles Standish Way, Chorley, PR7 3LS
Local ranking13th of 80 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
975
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 55.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 66.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 37.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 192
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 977
- Boys
- 500 (51%)
- Girls
- 477 (49%)
- Capacity
- 975 (100% full)
- SEND
- 18.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.0%
- EAL
- 6.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 14.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,988/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.6%
- White Other: 5.9%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
- Black African: 0.4%
88.6%
White British
5.9%
White Other
1.1%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Myles Standish Way
Chorley, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119803
- UKPRN
- 10017974
- Establishment No.
- 4742
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