Wellfield Academy
Yewlands Drive, Leyland, PR25 2TP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ENDEAVOUR LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr James Lewis
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Endeavour Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- South Ribble
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 834
- Pupils on roll
- 562
- URN
- 150434
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01772421303
About this school
Wellfield Academy is a secondary academy in Leyland. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 562 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wellfield 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Wellfield Academy (URN 119723).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 59 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.7 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 13.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 |
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 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 488 |
| 2024/25 | 524 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wellfield Academy compares
Wellfield Academy ranked 67th of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.7 | 10.7% | 36.8% | 562 | — |
| 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 | 0.7 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 |
| Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School | 46.1 | 7.4% | 23.3% | 772 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.83%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 10.66%
- Persistent absence
- 32.97%
Location
Nearby schools
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Academy@Worden0.5 miles
Secondary · Leyland
-
Balshaw's Church of England High School0.7 miles
Secondary · Leyland
-
St Mary's Catholic High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Leyland
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Lostock Hall Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Preston
-
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School3.1 miles
Secondary · Preston
Other schools in Leyland
Wellfield Academy ranks 5th of the 5 ranked secondary 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
- 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 ages does Wellfield Academy teach?
- Wellfield Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leyland.
- Who is the headteacher of Wellfield Academy?
- The headteacher of Wellfield Academy is Mr James Lewis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wellfield Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wellfield 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 Wellfield Academy?
- Wellfield Academy has 562 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Wellfield Academy full?
- Wellfield Academy has capacity for 834 pupils and 562 on roll (67%), 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 Wellfield Academy a faith school?
- No. Wellfield Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Wellfield Academy a selective school?
- No. Wellfield Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Wellfield Academy part of an academy trust?
- Wellfield Academy is part of ENDEAVOUR LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Wellfield Academy have?
- The schools register lists Wellfield Academy's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How does Wellfield Academy compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Wellfield Academy ranked 67th of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wellfield Academy's absence rate?
- Wellfield Academy's overall absence rate is 10.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 10 July 2026.