SCHOOL PROFILE

The Valley Leadership Academy: data, trends and context

The Valley Leadership Academy is a secondary school in Lancashire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
147018
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Lancashire
Region
North West
Trust
STAR ACADEMIES
Postcode
OL13 0TG
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
578
FSM eligible
41.9%
EAL / First language other than English
2.2%
SEND (total)
25.6%
SEN Support
21.8%
EHCP
3.8%
White British
91.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
84.6%
Overall absence
15.4%
Persistent absence
45.1%
Severe absence
13.3%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
LancashireLocal authority91.5%8.5%2.8%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
34.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
12.4%
Permanent exclusion rate
1.0%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
32.6
English & maths grade 5+
30.5%
English & maths grade 4+
50.0%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See The Valley Leadership Academy against 25 similar schools

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The Valley Leadership Academy is a secondary school in Lancashire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.