URN 135649 · Lancashire
Accrington Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Accrington · BB5 4FF
About the school
- Pupils
- 953
- Capacity
- 1,150
- Free school meals
- 42.0%
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils taught
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Region
- North West
- Website
- www.accrington-academy.org
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools, register file of 08 Nov 2026; pupil numbers from the school census of 15 Jan 2026.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Graded inspection (pre-report-card) started 04 Mar 2025, published 28 Apr 2025.
Not judged
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes
- Early years provision
- 9
- Sixth form provision
- Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted management information, as at 30 Sept 2026. Outcomes are Ofsted's own words.
GCSE results (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 39.8
- Progress 8
- Not published
- Grade 5+ English & maths
- 37.0%
- Grade 4+ English & maths
- 50.8%
- Pupils at end of KS4
- 189
Source: DfE Key stage 4 performance — performance tables schools data, academic year 2025/26. "Not published" means the DfE suppressed or did not calculate the figure. Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25 and 2025/26 because there were no KS2 results for those pupils. Primary (KS2) results: DfE school performance page.