Bay Leadership Academy
Osborne Road, Morecambe, LA3 1AB
726 pupils · 57% of 1,276 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.2%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 12 October 2022, published 1 December 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 36.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 29.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 52.4% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 56.3% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.57 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 136 | 213 | 407 | 136 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 147 | 219 | 409 | 147 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 144 | 178 | 364 | 144 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 149 | 178 | 346 | 149 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 178 | 160 | 295 | 168 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 148 | 132 | 229 | 144 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 143 | 106 | 221 | 121 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 154 | 110 | 223 | 127 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Morecambe Bay Academy 2.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Our Lady's Catholic College 5.1 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School 5.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy 5.5 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School 6 km · Good (2021) · previous system
- Lancaster High School 6.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.