Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Blackpool
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry408 applications · 248 places offered · 232 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Blackpool median median 1.6
- 2025 1.7; Blackpool median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Blackpool median median 1.7
- 2023 1.4; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2022 1.4; Blackpool median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; Blackpool median median 2.0
- 2020 1.3; Blackpool median median 2.2
- 2019 1.4; Blackpool median median 2.1
- 2018 1.4; Blackpool median median 2.1
- 2017 1.4; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2016 1.4; Blackpool median median 2.4
- 2015 1.5; Blackpool median median 2.4
- 2014 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.6
- This school
- Blackpool median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 248 | 408 | 1.7 | 232 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 243 | 404 | 1.7 | 247 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 245 | 351 | 1.4 | 231 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 247 | 336 | 1.4 | 223 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 205 | 281 | 1.4 | 171 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 241 | 327 | 1.4 | 210 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2020 | 242 | 308 | 1.3 | 192 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2019 | 215 | 305 | 1.4 | 172 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2018 | 235 | 321 | 1.4 | 165 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2017 | 219 | 314 | 1.4 | 159 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2016 | 246 | 349 | 1.4 | 179 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2015 | 263 | 385 | 1.5 | 178 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2014 | 292 | 458 | 1.6 | 235 | 0.80 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 239 | 40.9 | 37% | 58% | – |
| 2024/25 | 221 | 40.0 | 32% | 57% | – |
| 2023/24 | 225 | 35.6 | 21% | 37% | −0.92 |
| 2022/23 | 229 | 37.1 | 27% | 51% | −0.58 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Montgomery AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.7applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · BlackpoolSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 27.9Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · BlackpoolRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · LancashireGood20223.8applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Blackpool20262.2applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Lancashire20262.6applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · LancashireGood20223.3applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · Lancashire20262.2applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · Lancashire20261.5applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137973 · 890/4057
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,250 pupils · 1,192 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2012
- Replaced
- Montgomery High School - A Language College and Full Service School (URN 119735)
- Address
- All Hallows Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0AZ
- Local authority
- Blackpool
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources