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# Witton Park Academy

Witton Park Academy is a secondary academy in Blackburn, United Kingdom with 1,243 pupils, part of Achievement Through Collaboration Trust. Ofsted: Report card, 24 February 2026: needs attention in 6 areas; safeguarding met. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Pastoral Support Officer (closes 27 November).

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. [1 live vacancy](https://eduatlas.org/#vacancies).

- **Head:** Martin Knowles, Headteacher
- **Trust or group:** Achievement Through Collaboration Trust
- **Type:** Academy, Secondary
- **Pupils:** 1,243 pupils · 48% girls · 41.8% eligible for free school meals · 64.4% with English as an additional language — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 174 (14.0%) on SEN support · 21 (1.7%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Local authority:** Blackburn with Darwen
- **Location:** Blackburn, BB2 6TD, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 01254264551
- **Website:** [witton.atctrust.org.uk](http://www.witton.atctrust.org.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 140879 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140879))
- **Ofsted:** Report card, 24 February 2026: needs attention in 6 areas; safeguarding met

## Vacancies (1)

- [Pastoral Support Officer](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/1jrj0267icz-pastoral-support-officer) · Salary £28,153 to £31,015 a year · Closes 27 Nov · Part time · Pastoral and welfare · WITTON PARK ACADEMY IS EXPANDING!We Are Recruiting A Number of Pastoral Support Officers Join our growing Pastoral Inclusion Team. Witton Park Academy is proud to be an ambitious…

## Exam results

| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ Eng. & maths |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 provisional | 39.9 | 39.5% |
| 2024/25 | 40.3 | 36.6% |
| 2023/24 | 36.0 | 31.3% |

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 (24 February 2026)

- **Inclusion:** Needs attention
- **Curriculum and teaching:** Needs attention
- **Achievement:** Needs attention
- **Attendance and behaviour:** Needs attention
- **Personal development and well-being:** Needs attention
- **Leadership and governance:** Needs attention
- **Safeguarding:** Met

| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 24 February 2026 | Report card | Needs attention in 6 areas; safeguarding met |
| 3 November 2021 | 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 | Vacancies | Average pay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 82.2 | 15.1 | – | 0 | £50,587 |
| 2024/25 | 85.1 | 15.4 | 34% | 1 | £49,213 |
| 2023/24 | 84.5 | 14.8 | 18% | 0 | £44,832 |
| 2022/23 | 84.6 | 14.7 | 16% | 0 | £45,809 |
| 2021/22 | 90.2 | 13.6 | 15% | 0 | £40,430 |
| 2020/21 | 83.2 | 14.3 | 10% | 0 | £40,925 |

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 | 10.1% | 5.4% | 31.1% | 5.1% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 2.8% | 23.8% | 2.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 2.4% | 25.6% | 2.7% |
| 2022/23 | 9.9% | 3.4% | 33.1% | 4.0% |
| 2021/22 | 9.7% | 3.6% | 34.1% | 3.5% |
| 2020/21 | 5.9% | 2.2% | 17.2% | 3.3% |

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

11 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 10 teaching, 1 support. Most often advertised: Apprentice Teacher Chemistry, Apprentice Teacher English, Apprentice Teacher Maths. Last advertised October 2026.

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## Sources

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