Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School

Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School is a secondary academy in Accrington, United Kingdom with 1,280 pupils, part of Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School. Ofsted: Report card, 12 May 2026: strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 6; safeguarding met. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Site Supervisor (closes 25 November).

Head: Richard Jones, Headteacher
Trust or group: Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
Type: Academy, Secondary
Pupils: 1,280 pupils · 53% girls · 14.2% eligible for free school meals · 6.6% with English as an additional language
DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs: 106 (8.3%) on SEN support · 49 (3.8%) with an education, health and care plan
DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority: Lancashire
Location: Accrington, BB5 4AY, United Kingdom
Telephone: 01254232992
Website: st-christophers.org
Register number: URN 137421 (register entry)
Ofsted: Report card, 12 May 2026: strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 6; safeguarding met

Vacancies (1)

Site Supervisor

Closes 25 Nov

Full timeSite, facilities and transport

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Exam results

Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional	50.5	56.4%
2024/25	50.7	59.5%
2023/24	45.5	41.3%

Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.

Inspections

Report card (12 May 2026)

Inclusion: Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
Achievement: Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
Post-16: Expected standard
Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Safeguarding: Met

Date	Inspection	Outcome
12 May 2026	Report card	Strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 6; safeguarding met
15 March 2022	Ungraded inspection	School remains Good

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

Staff

Year	Teachers	Pupils per teacher	Leavers	Average pay
2025/26	70.8	18.1	–	£53,211
2024/25	66.8	19.4	9%	£48,227
2023/24	61.4	21.4	19%	£36,801
2022/23	65.3	19.5	6%	£36,378
2021/22	71.4	18.3	14%	£36,519
2020/21	73.3	17.7	11%	£37,557

Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)

Year	Teachers	Pupils per teacher	Leavers	Average pay
2019/20	77.3	16.8	10%	£37,507
2018/19	75.3	17.3	8%	£36,578
2017/18	74.3	17.6	4%	£36,628
2016/17	80.8	16.4	15%	£36,373
2015/16	78.6	16.6	10%	£34,367
2014/15	88.7	14.8	11%	£34,392
2013/14	84.7	15.8	6%	£34,535
2012/13	82.3	15.9	4%	£35,676
2011/12	57.5	22.0	46%	£36,607

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

Attendance

Year	Sessions missed	Unauthorised	Persistently absent	Severely absent
2025/26	6.5%	1.2%	14.8%	2.4%
2024/25	6.0%	1.2%	10.8%	2.2%
2023/24	6.4%	1.1%	14.6%	2.7%
2022/23	6.1%	0.9%	13.5%	1.6%
2021/22	7.2%	0.5%	21.9%	1.1%
2020/21	3.1%	0.2%	5.8%	0.2%

Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)

Year	Sessions missed	Unauthorised	Persistently absent	Severely absent
2018/19	2.7%	0.2%	4.3%	0.3%
2017/18	3.0%	0.4%	4.5%	0.6%
2016/17	2.6%	0.3%	3.6%	0.1%

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

Hiring history

2 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 support. Most often advertised: IT Technician, Teaching Assistant Level 3. Last advertised September 2026.

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Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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