Accrington Academy
Academy sponsor led · 953 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
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Academy@Worden
- Pupils on roll
- 660of 590 places
- Free school meals
- 31.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 106
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 21 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Worden Sports College (URN 119741, until 1 February 2013).
What the data says
Academy@Worden has no sixth form. Of the 93 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 14% moved to a sixth form college, 59% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.2 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 43% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lancashire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Academy@Worden | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 93 | 13,296 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 14% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 59% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Academy@Worden | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.2 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 43% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.00 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 21% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.6 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.8 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 105 | 99% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 76% |
| Mathematics | 105 | 99% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 63% |
| English Literature | 102 | 96% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 74% |
| Combined Science | 82 | 77% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 51% |
| History | 61 | 58% | 41% | 33% | 26% | 82% |
| French | 47 | 44% | 18% | 34% | 29% | 89% |
| Geography | 33 | 31% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 67% |
| Fine Art | 25 | 24% | 9% | 12% | 28% | 60% |
| Sociology | 21 | 20% | 4% | 5% | 21% | 48% |
| Statistics | 20 | 19% | 5% | 20% | 20% | 90% |
| Biology | 20 | 19% | 23% | 5% | 45% | 65% |
| Chemistry | 19 | 18% | 23% | 11% | 47% | 63% |
| Physics | 19 | 18% | 23% | 11% | 46% | 63% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 18 | 17% | 8% | 11% | 21% | 67% |
| Physical Education | 18 | 17% | 11% | 6% | 24% | 67% |
| Design and Technology | 13 | 12% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 38% |
| Computer Science | 11 | 10% | 13% | 27% | 30% | 55% |
| Polish | 3 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 16 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 2 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.