| Borough of Hyndburn | |
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| — Borough — | |
| Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| Ceremonial county | Lancashire |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Admin. HQ | Accrington |
| Government | |
| • Type | Hyndburn Borough Council |
| • Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| • Executive: | Conservative |
| • MPs: | Graham Jones |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.2 sq mi (73.00 km2) |
| Area rank | 252nd |
| Population (2010 est.) | |
| • Total | 81,100 |
| • Rank | Ranked 286th |
| • Density | 2,877.4/sq mi (1,111/km2) |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) |
| Postcode | BB1, BB5, BB6 |
| Area code(s) | 01254 |
| ISO 3166-2 | |
| ONS code | 30UG |
| OS grid reference | |
| NUTS 3 | |
| Ethnicity | 90.2% White 8.4% S.Asian[1] |
| Website | hyndburnbc.gov.uk |
Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Accrington. The district is named after the River Hyndburn.
It was formed in 1974 by the amalgamation of the Borough of Accrington, the Urban Districts of Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle and Rishton, and part of the Burnley Rural District.
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In June 2007, the council proposed changing the name of Hyndburn, and replace it with Accrington & Districts, to aid recognition of the borough by those not familiar with the area.[2]
In 2010, Hyndburn was voted the 10th best council in the Times "Best Public Sector Places to Work" and made it to the Times Best Companies Guide.
There are approximately nine state secondary schools in Hyndburn. These include Norden High School, St Christopher's Church of England High School, Accrington Academy, Rhyddings High School, Mount Carmel RC High School, The Hollins Technology College along with Broadfield Specialist School,White Ash School and North Cliffe School.[3]
Year after year average Student GCSE attainment has increased. The Percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A*-C has increased from 43.7% in 2001 up to 69.9% in 2009. Absences has dropped from 12,052 in 2006 to 11,545 in 2009.[4]
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