Accrington Academy
Secondary schoolAccrington Academy is a secondary school in Hyndburn, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 953 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 4 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Accrington Academy was 39.8, against 41.8 in Hyndburn and 46.2 in England.
37% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Hyndburn | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 39.8 | 41.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 36.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50.8% | 55.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 189 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High SchoolSecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 50.5 (2025/26, provisional)300 m
- Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)480 m
- Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 24% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 m
- The Alternative SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Hyndburn
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).