Bay Leadership Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Lancashire
Osborne Road, Morecambe, LA3 1AB
49
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 12/10/2022
Application demand
66%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
89.8%
29.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
726
Capacity used
Has space57%
1,276 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
66%
1st preference success rate
145 of 219 families who put it first got an offer
147
Places offered
409
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 219 | 145 | ● 66% |
| 2nd preference | 133 | 2 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 57 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 409 | 147 | 36% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Stacey Cantley
- Address
- Osborne Road, Morecambe, LA3 1AB
- Phone
- 01524416830
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- West End · Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 144646
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 49% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 23% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: STAR ACADEMIES
726 pupils · 1,276 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
12 October 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 753 pupils
Attendance
89.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
29.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 34.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.52 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 26% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.31 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 36.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 29.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 52.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 56.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 126 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 21.43 | 35 |
| Average grade | D | — |
| A-level students | 10 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 127 | 9% | 37% | 61% | |
| Mathematics | 126 | 13% | 40% | 59% | |
| Combined Science | 125 | 7% | 36% | 53% | |
| English Literature | 125 | 8% | 34% | 54% | |
| French | 71 | 3% | 31% | 41% | |
| History | 65 | 8% | 31% | 45% | |
| Business | 49 | 10% | 22% | 29% | |
| Geography | 48 | 4% | 8% | 21% | |
| Computer Science | 26 | 0% | 27% | 31% | |
| Art and Design | 19 | 47% | 79% | 95% | |
| Polish | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Lancashire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.