Bay Leadership Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Morecambe, Lancashire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.7265 miles
Published by the school · offers on 2 March 2026
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Bay Leadership Academy is a secondary school in Morecambe, Lancashire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 October 2022. The school has published a last distance offered on its own website for Year 7 2026 entry.
Bay Leadership Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.7265 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last distance offered was 0.7265 miles from the school, as published by the school.
- Year 7 2026 had 213 first-choice applications for 136 offers: 1.6 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 77 Lancashire secondary schools.
- For Year 7 2026, 136 offers went to first-choice families, and 77 first-choice families (36%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Lancashire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Lancashire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Osborne Road, Morecambe, LA3 1AB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 726 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, and parents and carers, place this school at the heart of their local community.”
- “Pupils said that they value the many opportunities that they are offered to contribute to local causes.”
- “Pupils said that they are happy and proud to be part of this school.”
To improve
- “However, leaders do not always diagnose the exact cause of the difficulties that some pupils have with reading.”
- “This means that some of these pupils do not catch up with their reading knowledge as quickly as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 213 first-preference applications, 136 offers in total, 136 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Morecambe Bay Academy 1.6 mi Good
- Our Lady's Catholic College 3.1 mi Requires improvement
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School 3.2 mi Good
- Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy 3.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School 3.7 mi Good
- Lancaster High School 3.9 mi Good
- Carnforth High School 6.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Saint Aidan's Church of England High School 10.5 mi School remains Good