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 ranking30th of 80 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1280
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
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
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 50.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 59.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 23.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 200
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
2024-25C
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
- 604 (47%)
- Girls
- 689 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1280 (101% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- 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
Ethnicity Over Time
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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