The Valley Leadership Academy

School Name: The Valley Leadership Academy
Address: Fearns Moss
Town/City: Bacup
County: Lancashire
Postcode: OL13 0TG
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone Number: 01706 873896
Website: https://www.thevalleyleadershipacademy.com/

Phase: Secondary (ages 11-16)
Type: Academy sponsor led
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2019
Trust: Star Academies
Sponsor: Star Academies

Headteacher: Mr Lee Waring
Capacity: 1050
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 578 (50% boys & 50% girls)
Enrollment: 55% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 41.9%

URN: 147018
DfE Number: 888/4025
UKPRN: 10083657
UPRN: 100012732749
Region: North West (E12000002)
District: Rossendale (E07000125)
Constituency: Rossendale and Darwen (E14001450)
Electoral Ward: Whitewell & Stacksteads (E05015825)

Easting & Northing: 384282E, 422142N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 41' 46.02" N 2° 14' 21.8" W
Plus Code: 9C5VMQW6+C6

DfE Record: View record

1. Waterfoot Primary School (0.4km)
2. Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (0.6km)
3. St Anne's Church of England Primary School (1.0km)
4. St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch (1.2km)
5. Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School (1.2km)
6. Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School (1.2km)
7. Staghills Nursery School (1.2km)
8. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup (1.4km)
9. Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School (2.8km)
10. Bacup Nursery School (3.0km)

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