Morecambe Bay Academy, Morecambe

Coming up: an open day on Friday 4 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Morecambe Bay Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Lancashire and 47 across England.

30% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Lancashire and 47% in England.

That is up from 36.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.77: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 33.1, against 43.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 159 families put Morecambe Bay Academy as their first choice and 407 named it as one of their preferences, for 214 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Morecambe Bay Academy are Bay Leadership Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37); Our Lady's Catholic College (2.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41.1); Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (2.8 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 72.1); and Lancaster High School (3.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8).

Morecambe Bay Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Morecambe Bay Academy is one of 6 schools run by The Bay Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 178 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 80% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 56% to a further education college, 9% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 65 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 34% went on to university or other higher education, 11% to apprenticeships and 37% into work. 10% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

41.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 7.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 299 pupils (28.6%) received SEN support and 33 (3.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Bare Lane Rail Station, about 960 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (by), 130 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 210 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Morecambe Bay Academy issued 614 suspensions, 60.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 17 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Morecambe Bay Academy are St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe (0.2 miles); Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles); Lancaster Road Primary School (0.5 miles); and Morecambe Bay Community Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.