Academy · Lancashire
Accrington Academy
- Secondary
- Ages 11–16
- Christian
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Lancashire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Christian school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 165 families put this school as their first choice, and 199 places were offered. 158 of the families who put it first got a place (96%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 199 | 165 | 96% |
| September 2025 | 184 | 178 | 100% |
| September 2024 | 198 | 191 | 81% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 4 March 2025. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 953 (capacity 1150)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Academy trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Phone
- 01254304300
- Address
- Queens Road West, Accrington, BB5 4FF
- Website
- accrington-academy.org
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.