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The Hyndburn Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 641Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 144356URN

Stourton Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4ED · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.8 below Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

182 applications for 104 places · 71st of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.1of 90
73rd of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 30 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 30 March 2022
    Graded inspection: 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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.8 below Lancashire median (2.5) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

182 applications · 104 places offered · 90 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 0.8; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 1.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.3; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as Norden High School & Sports College (URN 119717), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261041821.8900.87
Sep 20251232101.71150.93
Sep 20241472001.4970.66
Sep 20231332071.61310.98
Sep 20221341701.3990.74
Sep 20211161431.2780.67
Sep 20201301040.8500.38
Sep 20191001031.0490.49
Sep 2018891081.2500.56
Sep 2017 *741031.4490.66
Sep 2016 *831241.5570.69
Sep 2015 *931251.3420.45
Sep 2014 *1191431.2820.69

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

129 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.173rd of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths22%77th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths41%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.78
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12937.122%41%–
2024/2511937.425%53%–
2023/249538.124%53%−0.78
2022/237733.420%43%−0.89

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

  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
144356 · 888/4021
Trust
United Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
675 pupils · 641 on roll
Free school meals
46.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2017
Replaced
Norden High School & Sports College (URN 119717)
Address
Stourton Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4ED
Local authority
Lancashire · Hyndburn

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