The Valley Leadership Academy
About the school
The Valley Leadership Academy is an open secondary school in Lancashire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 21 April 2026
- Published
- 7 June 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 32.6
- Lancashire
- 45.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Lancashire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 30.50%
- Lancashire
- 43.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 50.00%
- Lancashire
- 63.90%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 32.90%
- Lancashire
- 34.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.92
- Lancashire
- 3.95
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
589
Girls
51.78%
Boys
48.22%
SEN support
22.58%
Education, health and care plan
3.23%
English as an additional language
1.90%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
46.86%
Overall absence
15.4
Persistent absence
45.09
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
72
Sustained education or employment
78%
Education
75%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
17%