Accrington Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D43
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Accrington, BB5 4FF
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
Queen's Road West, Accrington, BB5 4AY
Local ranking32nd of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1280
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 12 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 50.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 204
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 99.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 52.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 21.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
149
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 289
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1293
- Boys
- 596 (47%)
- Girls
- 684 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1280 (100% full)
- SEND
- 12.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.6%
- EAL
- 5.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 9.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,318/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
- 6.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.3%
- White Other: 3.2%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Other: 0.6%
87.0%
White British
4.3%
Asian Pakistani
3.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Queen's Road West
Accrington, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 137421
- UKPRN
- 10035196
- Establishment No.
- 4630
- Trust
- ACCRINGTON ST CHRISTOPHER'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL
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