Graded inspection · Dec 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 | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry183 applications · 112 places offered · 102 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.6
- 2025 1.8; Blackpool median median 1.7
- 2024 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.7
- 2023 1.9; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2022 1.7; Blackpool median median 1.7
- 2021 2.0; Blackpool median median 2.0
- 2020 2.2; Blackpool median median 2.2
- 2019 2.1; Blackpool median median 2.1
- 2018 2.1; Blackpool median median 2.1
- 2017 1.9; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2016 2.4; Blackpool median median 2.4
- 2015 2.4; Blackpool median median 2.4
- 2014 2.1; Blackpool median median 1.6
- This school
- Blackpool median
Reception entry, September 2026: 1.4 per place (43 applications for 30 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 112 | 183 | 1.6 | 102 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 119 | 208 | 1.8 | 114 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 119 | 195 | 1.6 | 119 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 119 | 223 | 1.9 | 111 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 117 | 203 | 1.7 | 110 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 118 | 236 | 2.0 | 133 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2020 | 119 | 266 | 2.2 | 144 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2019 | 118 | 250 | 2.1 | 134 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2018 | 118 | 250 | 2.1 | 142 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2017 | 119 | 225 | 1.9 | 111 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 120 | 284 | 2.4 | 144 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 | 89 | 215 | 2.4 | 107 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2014 | 100 | 206 | 2.1 | 99 | 0.99 |
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.) | 106 | 27.9 | 14% | 31% | – |
| 2024/25 | 108 | 29.3 | 18% | 32% | – |
| 2023/24 | 111 | 26.5 | 12% | 24% | −1.94 |
| 2022/23 | 114 | 27.4 | 11% | 25% | −1.27 |
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
- Unity Academy BlackpoolThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 27.9Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Blackpool20262.2applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · BlackpoolRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · BlackpoolGood20241.7applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Lancashire20262.6applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · LancashireGood20223.3applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · LancashireGood20223.8applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · BlackpoolSpecial measures Inadequate20231.2applications per place 34.4Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · BlackpoolImproved significantly20252.6applications per place 55.4Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 139675 · 890/4000
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,020 pupils · 877 on roll
- Free school meals
- 62.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- Unity College Blackpool (URN 119736)
- Address
- Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool, FY2 0TS
- Local authority
- Blackpool
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources