Bay Leadership Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Morecambe, LA3 1AB
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Morecambe Bay Academy
Dallam Avenue, Morecambe, LA4 5BG
Local ranking66th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1539
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 20 September 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 145
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Higher education
- 32.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 32.0%
- Not sustained
- 22.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 83
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1019
- Boys
- 512 (49%)
- Girls
- 533 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1539 (68% full)
- SEND
- 32.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 40.5%
- EAL
- 8.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 29.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,018/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
- 12.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.6%
- White Other: 6.5%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Black Other: 0.6%
- Other: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
86.6%
White British
6.5%
White Other
1.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Dallam Avenue
Morecambe, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 147115
- UKPRN
- 10083190
- Establishment No.
- 4027
- Trust
- THE BAY LEARNING TRUST
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