Report card · inspected May 2026
- 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| 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
- 12 May 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 16 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry757 applications · 190 places offered · 246 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 4.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 3.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 4.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 4.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 4.5; Lancashire median median 2.8
- 2019 4.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2018 4.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2017 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2016 3.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2015 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2014 3.5; 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 | 190 | 757 | 4.0 | 246 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2025 | 192 | 771 | 4.0 | 196 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 191 | 828 | 4.3 | 246 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2023 | 195 | 766 | 3.9 | 217 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 193 | 792 | 4.1 | 219 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 196 | 875 | 4.5 | 259 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2020 | 195 | 872 | 4.5 | 256 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2019 | 195 | 874 | 4.5 | 239 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2018 | 194 | 803 | 4.1 | 227 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 | 195 | 770 | 4.0 | 189 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 194 | 762 | 3.9 | 215 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2015 | 196 | 733 | 3.7 | 257 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2014 | 195 | 691 | 3.5 | 209 | 1.07 |
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.) | 204 | 50.5 | 56% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 200 | 50.7 | 60% | 74% | – |
| 2023/24 | 208 | 45.5 | 41% | 65% | −0.26 |
| 2022/23 | 202 | 50.6 | 56% | 80% | −0.10 |
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
- Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High SchoolThis schoolThis school20264.0applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Lancashire20252.7applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 33.9Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · LancashireStandards maintained20243.3applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Lancashire20261.8applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · Blackburn with DarwenRequires improvement20231.3applications per place 36.6Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20221.8applications per place 41.0Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137421 · 888/4630
- Trust
- Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,280 pupils · 1,280 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School (URN 119791)
- Address
- Queen's Road West, Accrington, BB5 4AY
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Hyndburn
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources