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Wellfield Academy

Secondary school in Leyland, Lancashire. Requires improvement (Nov 2021).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 16 November 2021, report published 16 January 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Wellfield Academy (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Wellfield Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around May 2024

The last inspection was in November 2021. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

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  2. 0.7 milesBalshaw's Church of England High School

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    Good (Feb 2023)

  3. 0.8 milesSt Mary's Catholic High School

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    Standards maintained (Jun 2025)

  4. 2.5 milesLostock Hall Academy

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    School remains Good (Nov 2022)

  5. 3.1 milesBrownedge St Mary's Catholic High School

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    Standards maintained (May 2025)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.