Academy converter · Lancashire

Academy@Worden

11–16Ages
660Pupils
SecondaryPhase
139290URN

Redwood Avenue, Leyland, PR25 1RN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.4per place

close to Lancashire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

425 applications for 174 places · 46th of 81 in Lancashire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

42.4of 90

Lancashire 43.8 England 46.0

49th of 81 in Lancashire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 21 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good

Inspection history

21 January 2025
Graded inspection, no overall grade
9 January 2020
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

2.4applications per place, Year 7

close to Lancashire median (2.5) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

425 applications · 174 places offered · 121 named it first

2026 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
2025 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
2024 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
2023 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
2022 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
2021 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
2020 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.8
2019 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
2018 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
2017 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
2016 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
2015 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
2014 2.8; 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	174	425	2.4	121	0.70
Sep 2025	158	379	2.4	98	0.62
Sep 2024	155	392	2.5	126	0.81
Sep 2023	130	339	2.6	92	0.71
Sep 2022	114	357	3.1	103	0.90
Sep 2021	106	298	2.8	82	0.77
Sep 2020	116	349	3.0	100	0.86
Sep 2019	117	298	2.6	110	0.94
Sep 2018	117	285	2.4	103	0.88
Sep 2017	118	301	2.6	111	0.94
Sep 2016	115	287	2.5	100	0.87
Sep 2015	116	251	2.2	107	0.92
Sep 2014	82	227	2.8	74	0.90

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

86 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.449th of 81 in Lancashire

Lancashire 43.8 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths31%64th of 81 in Lancashire

Lancashire 39% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths51%

Lancashire 64% England 66%

This school
Lancashire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.25

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	86	42.4	31%	51%	–
2024/25	106	43.2	43%	60%	–
2023/24	98	41.6	37%	54%	−0.25
2022/23	93	38.3	33%	55%	−0.39

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

Academy@WordenThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.4applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
Wellfield Academy
0.9 km · Lancashire

Requires improvement2021

2.1applications per place 34.8Attainment 8
St Mary's Catholic High School
0.9 km · Lancashire

Standards maintained2025

3.0applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
Balshaw's Church of England High School
1.9 km · Lancashire

Good2023

3.5applications per place 53.0Attainment 8
Lostock Hall Academy
4.5 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2022

2.8applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy
5.1 km · Lancashire

2026

2.1applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
All Hallows Catholic High School
5.4 km · Lancashire

Outstanding2023

3.3applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
Hutton Church of England Grammar School
5.5 km · Lancashire

2026

2.8applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
5.6 km · Lancashire

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 44.4Attainment 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: 139290 · 888/4140
Trust: Academy @ Worden
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 590 pupils · 660 on roll
Free school meals: 31.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 February 2013
Replaced: Worden Sports College (URN 119741)
Address: Redwood Avenue, Leyland, PR25 1RN
Local authority: Lancashire · South Ribble

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources