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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 26 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 13 March 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry534 applications · 207 places offered · 298 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Blackpool median median 1.6
- 2025 2.6; Blackpool median median 1.7
- 2024 2.2; Blackpool median median 1.7
- 2023 1.8; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2022 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.7
- 2021 2.0; Blackpool median median 2.0
- 2020 2.3; Blackpool median median 2.2
- 2019 2.1; Blackpool median median 2.1
- 2018 2.1; Blackpool median median 2.1
- 2017 2.7; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2016 2.8; Blackpool median median 2.4
- 2015 2.6; Blackpool median median 2.4
- 2014 2.4; Blackpool median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Blackpool median
Dashed bars: as St George's School A Church of England Business & Enterprise College (URN 133638), St George's High School (URN 119733), the previous school.
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 | 207 | 534 | 2.6 | 298 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2025 | 209 | 549 | 2.6 | 317 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2024 | 206 | 459 | 2.2 | 299 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2023 | 210 | 384 | 1.8 | 234 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 207 | 326 | 1.6 | 201 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 207 | 415 | 2.0 | 220 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2020 | 208 | 483 | 2.3 | 247 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2019 | 208 | 429 | 2.1 | 184 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 | 209 | 437 | 2.1 | 220 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 | 208 | 561 | 2.7 | 319 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2016 | 210 | 589 | 2.8 | 334 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2015 | 182 | 469 | 2.6 | 220 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2014 * | 187 | 450 | 2.4 | 207 | 1.11 |
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.) | 185 | 55.4 | 74% | 88% | – |
| 2024/25 | 190 | 55.5 | 71% | 86% | – |
| 2023/24 | 181 | 52.7 | 70% | 83% | +0.38 |
| 2022/23 | 190 | 52.1 | 61% | 76% | +0.33 |
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
- St George's School A Church of England AcademyThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20252.6applications per place 55.4Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · BlackpoolRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · BlackpoolSpecial measures Inadequate20231.2applications per place 34.4Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · BlackpoolGood20232.2applications per place 34.2Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Blackpool20262.2applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · BlackpoolRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Lancashire20262.6applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · BlackpoolSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 27.9Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · LancashireRemains Good20221.8applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140759 · 890/4405
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,038 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2014
- Replaced
- St George's School A Church of England Business & Enterprise College (URN 133638); St George's High School (URN 119733)
- Address
- Cherry Tree Road, Marton, Blackpool, FY4 4PH
- Local authority
- Blackpool
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources