Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Blackpool
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 2 June 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 24 May 2022Graded 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 entry44 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2025 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.7
- 2024 1.3; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2023 2.2; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2022 1.8; Blackpool median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.8
- 2019 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Blackpool median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; Blackpool median median 2.0
- 2016 1.7; Blackpool median median 2.1
- 2015 2.8; Blackpool median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.8; Blackpool median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Blackpool median
Dashed bars: as Westcliff Primary Academy (URN 137359), Westcliff Primary School (URN 119256), the previous school.
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 | 30 | 44 | 1.5 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 27 | 42 | 1.6 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 40 | 1.3 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 | 18 | 40 | 2.2 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 17 | 30 | 1.8 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 28 | 38 | 1.4 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 47 | 1.6 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 42 | 69 | 1.6 | 39 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 49 | 83 | 1.7 | 40 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2017 | 33 | 64 | 1.9 | 33 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 40 | 68 | 1.7 | 35 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 * | 69 | 196 | 2.8 | 70 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2014 * | 78 | 218 | 2.8 | 79 | 1.01 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 51% · Writing 58% · Maths 53% → all three 44% 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 | 44% | 4% | 100 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 29% | 0% | 97 | 96 |
| 2022/23 | 23% | 0% | 98 | 96 |
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
- Blackpool Gateway AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · BlackpoolGood20241.2applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · BlackpoolRemains Good20231.3applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Blackpool20261.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · BlackpoolRemains Good20231.4applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · BlackpoolGood20232.0applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · BlackpoolGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · BlackpoolGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · BlackpoolSpecial measures 20261.7applications per place 40%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
- 142175 · 890/2004
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 287 on roll
- Free school meals
- 69.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Replaced
- Westcliff Primary Academy (URN 137359); Westcliff Primary School (URN 119256)
- Address
- Seymour Road, Blackpool, FY1 6JH
- Local authority
- Blackpool
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources