UK Schools
The Hyndburn Academy
The Hyndburn Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Blackburn, Lancashire County Council, teaching 641 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in March 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 37.4 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 9 holidays and 6 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Hyndburn 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 The Hyndburn Academy.
- 1 Training Day
- 2 Planning Day
- 3 School opens for Year 7 students only; Year 11 students attend for pre-booked meetings with SLT
- 4 Academy open to all year groups
- 24 School closes to students at 3:10pm
- 3 Training Day
- 4 School reopens to students
- 19 School closes to students at 1:00pm
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year’s Day
- 5 Planning Day
- 6 School reopens to students
- 12 School closes to students at 3:10pm
- 13 Training Day
- 23 School reopens to students
- 27 School closes to students at 1:00pm
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Planning Day
- 14 School reopens to students
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 School closes to students at 3:10pm
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School opens to students
- 16 School closes to students at 1:00pm
- 17 Training Day
- 20 Training Day
- 21 Training Day
- 22–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Training Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Planning Day Sep 2, 2025 Event
- School opens for Year 7 students only; Year 11 students attend for pre-booked meetings with SLT Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Academy open to all year groups Sep 4, 2025 Event
- School closes to students at 3:10pm Oct 24, 2025 Event
- Training Day Nov 3, 2025 Inset Day
- School reopens to students Nov 4, 2025 Event
- School closes to students at 1:00pm Dec 19, 2025 Event
- Planning Day Jan 5, 2026 Event
- School reopens to students Jan 6, 2026 Event
- School closes to students at 3:10pm Feb 12, 2026 Event
- Training Day Feb 13, 2026 Inset Day
- School reopens to students Feb 23, 2026 Event
- School closes to students at 1:00pm Mar 27, 2026 Event
- Planning Day Apr 13, 2026 Event
- School reopens to students Apr 14, 2026 Event
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School closes to students at 3:10pm May 22, 2026 Event
- School opens to students Jun 1, 2026 Event
- School closes to students at 1:00pm Jul 16, 2026 Event
- Training Day Jul 17, 2026 Inset Day
- Training Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Training Day Jul 21, 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 22, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year’s Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Hyndburn Academy with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 37.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 20.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 69% 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 The Hyndburn 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 The Hyndburn 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.