The Valley Leadership Academy

Fearns Moss, Rossendale, Lancashire, OL13 0TG

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About this school

The Valley Leadership Academy is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Rossendale, Lancashire. The school has 589 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Requires improvement (graded inspection, 19 September 2023). Last inspected 21 April 2026. The Headteacher is Colette Roberts. The school is administered by Lancashire local authority. It belongs to STAR ACADEMIES. It opened in 1 July 2019.

School details

Head

Colette Roberts

Trust

STAR ACADEMIES

Local authority

Lancashire

Gender

Mixed

URN

147018

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The Valley Leadership Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Lancashire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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