The Valley Leadership Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Sept 20 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
147018
Address
Fearns Moss, OL13 0TG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
655 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
47.8%
Girls
52.2%
First language not English
1.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.1%
Persistent absence
42.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.9%
Unclassified 3.7%
Mixed 2.9%
Irish 0.8%
Pakistani 0.6%
African 0.6%
Other White 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 69%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.5
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.02
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award18
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE3
English LanguageGCSE75
English LiteratureGCSE71
FrenchGCSE19
GeographyGCSE25
HistoryGCSE45
MathematicsGCSE71
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Valley Leadership Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
134
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
74
2nd preference
46
3rd preference
39
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
74
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
172
78
94
Year 8
133
68
65
Year 9
144
67
77
Year 10
89
42
47
Year 11
117
58
59
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
70.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
8.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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