Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School is a secondary school located in Accrington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 07/12/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.9%, which is 1.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Queen's Road West, Accrington, BB5 4AY
Website: http://www.st-christophers.org/
Telephone: 01254232992
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Headteacher Richard Jones
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137421

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/12/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1280
Number of Pupils: 1296
Number of Boys: 613
Number of Girls: 683

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 4.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.08 Confidence interval -0.1 to 0.26
Of the 195 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 193 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:13%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:99%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:50%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:52.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.45
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Fairfield Nursery School
Fairfield Street , BB5 0LD
4out of 4 1,711 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Lee Royd Nursery School
Royds Street , BB5 2LH
3out of 4 2,110 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School
St Nicholas Road , Church BB5 4DN
3out of 4 607 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School
Devonshire Street , BB5 1DW
3out of 4 717 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School
Park Road , BB5 1ST
3out of 4 750 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church
Bradshaw Row , Church BB5 4HG
2out of 4 1,155 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School
Maudsley Street , BB5 6AD
3out of 4 1,234 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
Queen's Road West , BB5 4AY
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Accrington Academy
Queens Road West , BB5 4FF
3out of 4 330 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn
Wordsworth Road , BB5 0LU
2out of 4 1,980 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Rhyddings
Haworth Street , Oswaldtwistle BB5 3EA
2out of 4 2,140 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Hollins
Hollins Lane , BB5 2QY
3out of 4 3,252 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oswaldtwistle School
Union Road , Oswaldtwistle BB5 3DA
3out of 4 2,022 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Heathland Private School
Broadoak , Sandy Lane BB5 2AN
- not rated 2,206 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Broadfield Specialist School
Fielding Lane , Oswaldtwistle BB5 3BE
4out of 4 2,817 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School
Oswaldtwistle White Ash School
Thwaites Road , Oswaldtwistle BB5 4QG
4out of 4 3,001 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.