UK Schools
Bay Leadership Academy
Bay Leadership Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Morecambe, Lancashire County Council, teaching 726 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in October 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 36.8 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 9 holidays and 3 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Bay Leadership Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Bay Leadership Academy.
- 1 Staff Training Day – 1 Monday
- 2 Re-open for pupils
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term (Mid Term Closure)
- 19 School closes after school for Christmas break
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 Staff Training Day – 2 Monday
- 6 Re-open for pupils
- 16–20 Spring Half Term (Mid Term Closure)
- 27 School closes after school for Easter break
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 Staff Training Day – 3 Monday
- 14 Re-open for pupils
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday (School Closed)
- 25–29 Summer Half Term (Mid Term Closure)
- 16 School closes after school for Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Day – 1 Monday Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Re-open for pupils Sep 2, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term (Mid Term Closure) Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- School closes after school for Christmas break Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day – 2 Monday Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Re-open for pupils Jan 6, 2026 Event
- Spring Half Term (Mid Term Closure) Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School closes after school for Easter break Mar 27, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day – 3 Monday Apr 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Re-open for pupils Apr 14, 2026 Event
- May Day Bank Holiday (School Closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term (Mid Term Closure) May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- School closes after school for Summer Holiday Jul 16, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Bay Leadership Academy with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 36.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 29.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 85% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Lancashire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Bay Leadership Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Bay Leadership Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.