Bay Leadership Academy

Academy sponsor led · Secondary school · Morecambe, Lancashire
LA3 1AB
Composite score
46.0

School overview

Bay Leadership Academy is a secondary school serving Morecambe, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. It has 724 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Bay Leadership Academy 'Good'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 36.8, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.2 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

29% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 52% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 51% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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National rank
#381
In North West
#71
In Lancashire
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
36.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
29%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
52%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
3.48

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Pupils on roll 724 % FSM ever-6 50.7% % EAL 4.0% Age range 11–18 Gender Mixed

Location

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