Bay Leadership Academy
Osborne Road, Morecambe, LA3 1AB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
- Headteacher
- Mr Lee Waring
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Star Academies
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,276
- Pupils on roll
- 726
- URN
- 144646
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01524416830
About this school
Bay Leadership Academy is a secondary academy in Morecambe. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 726 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bay Leadership Academy, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 | 107 | 114 | 126 |
| Attainment 8 score | 29.6 | 34.6 | 36.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.87 -1.15 to -0.60 | -0.52 -0.78 to -0.26 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 17% | 26.3% | 29.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35% | 47.4% | 52.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 69% | 73.7% | 56.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
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 Bay Leadership 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 | 29.6 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34.6 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.8 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 699 |
| 2023/24 | 703 |
| 2024/25 | 724 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bay Leadership Academy compares
Bay Leadership Academy ranked 72nd of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.8 | 10.2% | 50.7% | 726 | — |
| Morecambe Bay Academy | 36.8 | 12.6% | 40.6% | 1,045 | 1.6 miles |
| Our Lady's Catholic College | 41.3 | 11.6% | 40.6% | 981 | 3.1 miles |
| Lancaster Girls' Grammar School | 73.4 | 5.4% | 6.6% | 1,038 | 3.2 miles |
| Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy | 50.7 | 7.4% | 10.8% | 1,755 | 3.4 miles |
| Lancaster Royal Grammar School | 74.1 | 6.1% | 8.1% | 1,294 | 3.7 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.69%
- English as an additional language
- 4%
- Overall absence
- 10.17%
- Persistent absence
- 29.08%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Morecambe Bay Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Morecambe
-
Our Lady's Catholic College3.1 miles
Secondary · Lancaster
-
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School3.2 miles
Secondary · Lancaster
-
Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy3.4 miles
Secondary · Lancaster
-
Lancaster Royal Grammar School3.7 miles
Secondary · Lancaster
Other schools in Morecambe
- Morecambe Bay Academy Secondary
- Great Wood Primary School Primary
- Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lancaster Road Primary School Primary
- Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School Primary
- Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School Primary
- Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School Primary
- Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School Primary
- Morecambe Bay Community Primary School Primary
- Mossgate Primary School Primary
- Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bay Leadership Academy teach?
- Bay Leadership Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Morecambe.
- Who is the headteacher of Bay Leadership Academy?
- The headteacher of Bay Leadership Academy is Mr Lee Waring, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bay Leadership Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bay Leadership Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Bay Leadership Academy?
- Bay Leadership Academy has 726 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Bay Leadership Academy full?
- Bay Leadership Academy has capacity for 1,276 pupils and 726 on roll (57%), so it has space against 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 Bay Leadership Academy a faith school?
- No. Bay Leadership Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Bay Leadership Academy a selective school?
- No. Bay Leadership Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Bay Leadership Academy part of an academy trust?
- Bay Leadership Academy is part of STAR ACADEMIES. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bay Leadership Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 29.6 in 2022/23 and 36.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bay Leadership Academy compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Bay Leadership Academy ranked 72nd of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bay Leadership Academy's absence rate?
- Bay Leadership Academy's overall absence rate is 10.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bay Leadership Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bay Leadership 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 10 July 2026.