# The Valley Leadership Academy

The Valley Leadership Academy is a secondary school in Rossendale, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 578 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E147018. [Rossendale](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 578
- Council: Rossendale
- URN: 147018

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 21 April 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Valley Leadership Academy was 34.3, against 47.3 in Rossendale and 46.2 in England.
36.8% 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 | Rossendale | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 34.3 | 47.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36.8% | 48.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48.2% | 65.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 114 | – | – |

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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Waterfoot Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/waterfoot-primary-school-e119199): 450 m. Primary. School remains Good, December 2022. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bacup-and-rawtenstall-grammar-school-e150261): 570 m. Secondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 75.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Anne's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-annes-church-of-england-primary-school-e119454): 980 m. Primary. School remains Good, May 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-roman-catholic-primary-school-newchurch-e119664): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bacup-holy-trinity-stacksteads-church-of-england-primary-school-e119414): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), July 2024. 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rawtenstall-newchurch-church-of-england-primary-school-e119390): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 20% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/147018)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147018)

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