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Morecambe Bay Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,045Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 147115URN

Dallam Avenue, Morecambe, LA4 5BG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.6 below Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

407 applications for 214 places · 67th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.7of 90
66th of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 20 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
1.9applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Lancashire median (2.5) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

407 applications · 214 places offered · 159 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as Morecambe Community High School (URN 119761), 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 20262144071.91590.74
Sep 20251944202.21490.77
Sep 20241923982.11570.82
Sep 20232304381.91770.77
Sep 20222033982.01590.78
Sep 20211603101.91180.74
Sep 20201593001.91210.76
Sep 2019 *1813742.11470.81
Sep 2018 *2274762.12130.94
Sep 2017 *2194852.22160.99
Sep 2016 *2505272.12430.97
Sep 2015 *2605011.92701.04
Sep 2014 *2615562.12781.07

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

145 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.766th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths30%67th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths55%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.77
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14539.730%55%–
2024/2514736.822%44%–
2023/2417835.220%46%−0.77
2022/2319634.216%40%−0.73

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
147115 · 888/4027
Trust
The Bay Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,539 pupils · 1,045 on roll
Free school meals
43.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 May 2019
Replaced
Morecambe Community High School (URN 119761)
Address
Dallam Avenue, Morecambe, LA4 5BG
Local authority
Lancashire · Lancaster

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