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Accrington Academy

Accrington, United Kingdom
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1.3 /5

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Rating Breakdown

Based on published reviews
Safety & Security 1.4
Teaching Quality 1.8
Communication 2.3
Student Wellbeing 2.0
Facilities 2.1

Parent Survey

Official Ofsted Parent View data • 39 responses • 3.9% response rate

View on Ofsted

My child is happy at this school

76.9% positive 23.1% negative

My child feels safe at this school

89.7% positive 10.2% negative

The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved

66.7% positive 30.7% negative

The school has high expectations for my child

79.5% positive 18% negative

My child does well at this school

76.9% positive 20.6% negative

I would recommend this school to another parent

Data from Ofsted Parent View as of September 2025. Based on 39 parent responses to the official Ofsted survey.

School Workforce

Teacher and staff information • 2024-2025

Note: These figures are estimated based on national averages. Actual school-level data not yet available.
17.0:1
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Excellent
58.4
Teachers (FTE)

Estimated workforce data based on GIAS enrollment and national average ratios. Academic year 2024-2025.

Secondary School Results (Key Stage 4)

Exam performance data • 2023-2024

39.7
Attainment 8
Average grade across 8 subjects
-0.62
Progress 8
Well below average
34.0%
English & Maths 9-5
Strong pass in both
56.9%
English & Maths 9-4
Standard pass in both

Additional Information

51.1% entered EBacc
21.8% achieved EBacc
188 pupils in cohort

Data from DfE Performance Tables for academic year 2023-2024. Published January 2024. View full performance tables

Reviews 11

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Parent
Parent Dec 11, 2025
1.0

"Corrupted School"

Terrible system in the school they leave one person in charge which is the year of head and she knows the system how to fiddle the statements so if your child is in trouble, she won’t help them because she won’t take statements from where they needed. She’ll go to people that are biased. Don’t send your kids to this school. It’s very corrupted.
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 3/5
Communication 3/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 3/5
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Parent
Parent Oct 18, 2025
1.0

"one of the worst schools oat"

this school was really bad from the education side to the teachers side. All the teachers getting their big salary makes them automatically think its ok to start on every student they feel like which makes the teachers a bunch of d1ckheads. the education is just copy and pasted from the internet and then tell us to write in our books.
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Jul 2, 2024
1.0

"what the fuck is this school"

if i could go any lower i could but sadly i cant. im a year 9 student ans this shit hole needs to get shut down. they have sent me on several placements to different schools for nothing and when i try and calm down im getting screamed at. im in the arc currently cuz one of the teachers were calling me, my head of year only got involved cuz i called her a megamind looking cunt and that her hair line was that far back it starts behind her ears. honestly wish i could leave
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent May 14, 2024
1.0

"Former Student"

Bad excuse for a school, they always pick on the good students when the bad students have done and been doing way worse. Being out in isolation for days because of a nose piercing while they let of bullying name calling harassment and ignore it whe its right infront of them
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 4/5
Facilities 3/5
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Parent
Parent Mar 6, 2024
1.0

"its a bad school"

This school is honestly the worst. The people there are so two faced its unreal, don't even get me started on the teachers, there the worst they don't help in school, they don't help with mental health. Its honestly just the worst.
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Aug 23, 2023
3.0

"Average "

A genuinely honest review, I think the school overall is okay.
The teachers were fine, but at times there were a lack of teachers, which meant that we would have loads of supplies in our last vital years leading up to the GCSEs.
The students on the other hand, aren’t the best and definitely picking a few good friends instead of knowing the whole school is probably the best choice. My experience at school was only a let down due to the students and not the teachers themselves. Achieved okay grades, so can’t complain that they weren’t teaching well.
Safety & Wellbeing 4/5
Teaching & Learning 4/5
Communication 4/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 3/5
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Parent
Parent Aug 16, 2023
1.0

"Terrible "

If I could give this school terrible I would I got assaulted by a teacher and my head of year lied to my parents saying she was there and it didn't happen but my parents already saw the mark on my arm they refuse to help with my mental health issues just calling it "bad behaviour" the same teacher who assaulted me never got suspended and no investigation was done she still works with kids to this day it is a madness how this school is still running
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 2/5
Communication 2/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 3/5
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Parent
Parent Aug 23, 2022
3.0

"Not the worst atleast "

Glad it's over.
Some great memories, some trauma.
Some things happen in that school that teachers have no idea about. Don't mix with the wrong crowd and maybe your school life will look completely different to mine.
Safety & Wellbeing 2/5
Teaching & Learning 3/5
Communication 5/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 2/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Apr 11, 2022
1.0

"This school is very bad"

Does help my child with there mental problems
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 2/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 3/5
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Parent
Parent Jun 22, 2021
1.0

"Screw you"

I hate this school, simply because I get bullied daily, and they're doing nothing about it. The one time they did something, was because I retaliated.
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 3/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 2/5
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Parent
Parent Nov 27, 2020
4.0

"accy acad"

The school is an amazing school with teachers who know how to teach and what they’re doing, mr mears is the best teacher. They should bring spiceys back
Safety & Wellbeing 5/5
Teaching & Learning 4/5
Communication 5/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 5/5

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