Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Accrington, BB5 4AY
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Accrington Academy
Queens Road West, Accrington, BB5 4FF
Local ranking66th of 80 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1150
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 39.4 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 52.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 186
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 49.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
A-Level Results
2024-255
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 29
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 993
- Boys
- 464 (47%)
- Girls
- 529 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1150 (86% full)
- SEND
- 13.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.2%
- EAL
- 22.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 12.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,128/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Christian
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 56.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 32.2%
- White Other: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- Asian Other: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
56.2%
White British
32.2%
Asian Pakistani
2.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Queens Road West
Accrington, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 135649
- UKPRN
- 10024152
- Establishment No.
- 6905
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
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