Academy converter · Blackpool

Thames Primary Academy

2–11Ages
444Pupils
PrimaryPhase
138927URN

Severn Road, Blackpool, FY4 1EE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2014

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Dec 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.5 below Blackpool median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Blackpool

59 applications for 43 places · 27th of 30 in Blackpool

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

62%met the expected standard

Blackpool 57% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2014

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Dec 2023

Inspection history

7 December 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
17 September 2014
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Blackpool median (1.8) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

59 applications · 43 places offered · 38 named it first

2026 1.4; Blackpool median median 1.8
2025 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.7
2024 1.8; Blackpool median median 1.8
2023 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.8
2022 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.9
2021 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.8
2020 1.7; Blackpool median median 1.8
2019 1.8; Blackpool median median 1.9
2018 1.8; Blackpool median median 1.9
2017 1.9; Blackpool median median 2.0
2016 2.0; Blackpool median median 2.1
2015 1.4; Blackpool median median 2.0
2014 1.7; Blackpool median median 2.1

More applications per place than the Blackpool median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Blackpool median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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	43	59	1.4	38	0.88
Sep 2025	49	77	1.6	43	0.88
Sep 2024	45	79	1.8	43	0.96
Sep 2023	33	52	1.6	32	0.97
Sep 2022	39	62	1.6	39	1.00
Sep 2021	51	81	1.6	51	1.00
Sep 2020	40	67	1.7	39	0.98
Sep 2019	46	81	1.8	44	0.96
Sep 2018	58	102	1.8	57	0.98
Sep 2017	49	91	1.9	47	0.96
Sep 2016	45	88	2.0	38	0.84
Sep 2015	60	86	1.4	54	0.90
Sep 2014	50	86	1.7	46	0.92

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 68% · Maths 79% → all three 62% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard62%11th of 29 in Blackpool

Blackpool 57% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard78%

Blackpool 73% England 78%

Higher standard40%

Blackpool 26% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard68%

Blackpool 68% England 75%

Greater depth13%

Blackpool 5% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard79%

Blackpool 70% England 77%

Higher standard30%

Blackpool 17% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Blackpool median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	62%	6%	106	105
2023/24	56%	10%	104	103
2022/23	54%	0%	103	104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Thames Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

1.4applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy
0.7 km · Blackpool

Remains Good2023

1.3applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Roseacre Primary Academy
1.1 km · Blackpool

Remains Good2023

2.2applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Blackpool Gateway Academy
1.2 km · Blackpool

2026

1.5applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Hawes Side Academy
1.3 km · Blackpool

Special measures 2026

1.7applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
Waterloo Primary Academy
1.4 km · Blackpool

2026

1.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Revoe Learning Academy
1.8 km · Blackpool

Good2024

1.2applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy
2.0 km · Blackpool

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
2.0 km · Blackpool

Good2023

2.0applications per place 80%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 138927 · 890/2220
Trust: Achievement Through Collaboration Trust
Capacity: 480 pupils · 444 on roll
Free school meals: 62.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: SEN unit
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 November 2012
Replaced: Thames Primary School (URN 119254)
Address: Severn Road, Blackpool, FY4 1EE
Local authority: Blackpool

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources