Wellfield Academy
Yewlands Drive, Leyland, PR25 2TP
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Wellfield Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr James Lewis
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- South Ribble
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 834
- Pupils on roll
- 417
- URN
- 119723
- Local authority
- Lancashire
About this school
Wellfield Academy was a community secondary school in Leyland. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 417 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Wellfield Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 43 | 68 |
| Attainment 8 score | 32.2 | 36.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.76 -1.20 to -0.33 | -0.70 -1.04 to -0.36 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 12% | 27.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 30% | 45.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 12% | 13.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.8 | 3.0 |
Trends over time
How Wellfield Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 32.2 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.5 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
How Wellfield Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.7% | 36.2% | 417 | — |
| Wellfield Academy | 37.7 | 10.7% | 36.8% | 562 | 0.0 miles |
| Academy@Worden | 43.2 | 6.9% | 33.7% | 660 | 0.5 miles |
| Balshaw's Church of England High School | 52.3 | 5.1% | 13.6% | 921 | 0.8 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic High School | 45 | 7.2% | 21.3% | 813 | 0.8 miles |
| Lostock Hall Academy | 47.6 | 7.2% | 18.1% | 759 | 2.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.2%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 10.7%
- Persistent absence
- 31.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wellfield Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Leyland
-
Academy@Worden0.5 miles
Secondary · Leyland
-
Balshaw's Church of England High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Leyland
-
St Mary's Catholic High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Leyland
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Lostock Hall Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Preston
Other schools in Leyland
- Academy@Worden Secondary
- Balshaw's Church of England High School Secondary
- Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy Secondary
- St Mary's Catholic High School Secondary
- Wellfield Academy Secondary
- Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School Primary
- Farington Primary School Primary
- Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School Primary
- Lever House Primary School Primary
- Leyland Methodist Infant School Primary
- Leyland Methodist Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wellfield Academy teach?
- Wellfield Academy taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Leyland.
- Has Wellfield Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Wellfield Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Wellfield Academy?
- Wellfield Academy had 417 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Wellfield Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 32.2 in 2022/23 and 36.5 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Wellfield Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wellfield Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2023.