Academy@Worden
Redwood Avenue, Leyland, PR25 1RN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ACADEMY @ WORDEN
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Cairns
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- South Ribble
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 590
- Pupils on roll
- 660
- URN
- 139290
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01772421021
About this school
Academy@Worden is a secondary academy in Leyland. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 660 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 93 | 98 | 106 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.3 | 41.6 | 43.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.39 -0.68 to -0.10 | -0.25 -0.54 to +0.03 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 36.7% | 42.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 54.1% | 60.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 37% | 32.7% | 42.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Academy@Worden 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 | 38.3 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.6 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.2 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 545 |
| 2023/24 | 574 |
| 2024/25 | 618 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Academy@Worden compares
Academy@Worden ranked 47th of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.2 | 6.9% | 33.7% | 660 | — |
| Wellfield Academy | 37.7 | 10.7% | 36.8% | 562 | 0.5 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic High School | 45 | 7.2% | 21.3% | 813 | 0.6 miles |
| Balshaw's Church of England High School | 52.3 | 5.1% | 13.6% | 921 | 1.2 miles |
| Lostock Hall Academy | 47.6 | 7.2% | 18.1% | 759 | 2.8 miles |
| Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy | 59.3 | 4.9% | 8.6% | 958 | 3.1 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.66%
- English as an additional language
- 3.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.89%
- Persistent absence
- 17.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wellfield Academy0.5 miles
Secondary · Leyland
-
St Mary's Catholic High School0.6 miles
Secondary · Leyland
-
Balshaw's Church of England High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Leyland
-
Lostock Hall Academy2.8 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy3.1 miles
Secondary · Leyland
Other schools in Leyland
Academy@Worden ranks 4th of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Leyland.
- 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
- Leyland St James Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Academy@Worden teach?
- Academy@Worden teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leyland.
- Who is the headteacher of Academy@Worden?
- The headteacher of Academy@Worden is Mr Paul Cairns, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Academy@Worden last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Academy@Worden, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Academy@Worden?
- Academy@Worden has 660 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Academy@Worden full?
- Academy@Worden has capacity for 590 pupils and 660 on roll (112%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Academy@Worden a faith school?
- No. Academy@Worden has no designated religious character.
- Is Academy@Worden a selective school?
- No. Academy@Worden is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Academy@Worden?
- Academy@Worden is part of ACADEMY @ WORDEN. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Academy@Worden's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.3 in 2022/23 and 43.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Academy@Worden rank locally?
- Academy@Worden ranked 47th of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Academy@Worden's absence rate?
- Academy@Worden's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Academy@Worden's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Academy@Worden'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 1 July 2026.