Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 8 January 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 6 November 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry116 applications · 62 places offered · 59 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2025 1.9; Blackpool median median 1.7
- 2024 2.1; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2022 1.9; Blackpool median median 1.9
- 2021 1.8; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2020 2.1; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2019 1.8; Blackpool median median 1.9
- 2018 1.9; Blackpool median median 1.9
- 2017 2.1; Blackpool median median 2.0
- 2016 2.0; Blackpool median median 2.1
- 2015 2.0; Blackpool median median 2.0
- 2014 2.0; Blackpool median median 2.1
- 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 | 62 | 116 | 1.9 | 59 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 74 | 139 | 1.9 | 68 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 81 | 169 | 2.1 | 80 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 91 | 156 | 1.7 | 89 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 86 | 161 | 1.9 | 95 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 90 | 163 | 1.8 | 96 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 67 | 142 | 2.1 | 61 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 87 | 157 | 1.8 | 84 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 80 | 148 | 1.9 | 76 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 86 | 180 | 2.1 | 87 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2016 | 77 | 156 | 2.0 | 72 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 | 87 | 174 | 2.0 | 81 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 75 | 147 | 2.0 | 71 | 0.95 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 64% · Writing 66% · Maths 64% → all three 53% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Blackpool median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 53% | 7% | 103 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 7% | 106 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 73% | 8% | 105 | 105 |
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
- Anchorsholme Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · BlackpoolStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · BlackpoolStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · LancashireSome aspects not as strong20242.4applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Blackpool20261.5applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · BlackpoolRemains Good20223.3applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · LancashireGood20241.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · BlackpoolRemains Good20222.1applications per place
- 1.9 km · Lancashire20262.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140124 · 890/2211
- Trust
- The Sea View Trust
- Capacity
- 630 pupils · 595 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- Anchorsholme Primary School (URN 119249)
- Address
- Eastpines Drive, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 3RX
- Local authority
- Blackpool
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources