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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 9 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 6 December 2017Graded inspection: Good · as The Hollins, URN 119757
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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 entry501 applications · 152 places offered · 153 named it first
- 2026 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2018 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2017 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2016 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2015 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2014 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as The Hollins (URN 119757), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 152 | 501 | 3.3 | 153 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 158 | 497 | 3.2 | 164 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 158 | 577 | 3.7 | 219 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2023 | 157 | 528 | 3.4 | 167 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 162 | 570 | 3.5 | 205 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2021 * | 157 | 558 | 3.6 | 175 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2020 * | 157 | 582 | 3.7 | 198 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2019 * | 159 | 549 | 3.5 | 172 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2018 * | 158 | 503 | 3.2 | 165 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2017 * | 157 | 554 | 3.5 | 198 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2016 * | 158 | 579 | 3.7 | 217 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2015 * | 158 | 536 | 3.4 | 185 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2014 * | 158 | 536 | 3.4 | 170 | 1.08 |
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.) | 155 | 41.9 | 35% | 53% | – |
| 2024/25 | 154 | 40.7 | 34% | 51% | – |
| 2023/24 | 155 | 42.0 | 37% | 61% | −0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 162 | 43.1 | 37% | 62% | −0.37 |
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
- The HollinsThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20243.3applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Lancashire20252.7applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 33.9Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Lancashire20264.0applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · LancashireRequires improvement20244.6applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Lancashire20261.8applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Lancashire20263.4applications per place 39.1Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Lancashire20262.5applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148922 · 888/4195
- Trust
- Let Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 800 pupils · 794 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2022
- Replaced
- The Hollins (URN 119757)
- Address
- Hollins Lane, Accrington, BB5 2QY
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Hyndburn
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources