Report card · inspected Nov 2025
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 25 November 2025Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 29 September 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry437 applications · 160 places offered · 209 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.8
- 2019 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2018 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2017 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2016 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2015 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2014 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- This school
- Lancashire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 160 | 437 | 2.7 | 209 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2025 | 152 | 360 | 2.4 | 151 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 165 | 379 | 2.3 | 164 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 159 | 398 | 2.5 | 151 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 165 | 351 | 2.1 | 148 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 159 | 356 | 2.2 | 144 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 162 | 396 | 2.4 | 184 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2019 | 161 | 326 | 2.0 | 137 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2018 | 160 | 306 | 1.9 | 131 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2017 | 145 | 255 | 1.8 | 108 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2016 | 160 | 322 | 2.0 | 131 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 | 141 | 270 | 1.9 | 121 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 | 148 | 297 | 2.0 | 120 | 0.81 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 156 | 43.5 | 36% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 156 | 42.7 | 39% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 153 | 42.5 | 35% | 52% | +0.38 |
| 2022/23 | 150 | 43.2 | 35% | 63% | −0.04 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, HyndburnThis schoolThis school20252.7applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 33.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · LancashireStandards maintained20243.3applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Lancashire20264.0applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Lancashire20261.8applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Blackburn with DarwenRequires improvement20231.3applications per place 36.6Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20221.8applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · Blackburn with DarwenGood20242.3applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 119804 · 888/4797
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 810 pupils · 801 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Wordsworth Road, Accrington, BB5 0LU
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Hyndburn
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources