Academy converter · Blackpool

Mereside Primary Academy

2–11Ages
266Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143771URN

Langdale Road, Blackpool, FY4 4RR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMar 2013

School remains Good (Concerns)Ungraded inspection · Jul 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.3 below Blackpool median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

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37 applications for 24 places · 23rd of 30 in Blackpool

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

18%met the expected standard

Blackpool 57% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMar 2013

School remains Good (Concerns)Ungraded inspection · Jul 2024

Inspection history

3 July 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
19 March 2013
Graded inspection: Good · as Mereside Primary School, URN 119345

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

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Blackpool median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

37 applications · 24 places offered · 23 named it first

2026 1.5; Blackpool median median 1.8
2025 1.0; Blackpool median median 1.7
2024 1.5; Blackpool median median 1.8
2023 1.3; Blackpool median median 1.8
2022 1.2; Blackpool median median 1.9
2021 1.2; Blackpool median median 1.8
2020 1.4; Blackpool median median 1.8
2019 1.6; Blackpool median median 1.9
2018 1.5; Blackpool median median 1.9
2017 1.2; Blackpool median median 2.0
2016 1.1; Blackpool median median 2.1; as the previous school
2015 1.1; Blackpool median median 2.0; as the previous school
2014 1.0; Blackpool median median 2.1; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Blackpool median in 0 of 10 years.

This school
Blackpool median

Dashed bars: as Mereside Primary School (URN 119345), 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	24	37	1.5	23	0.96
Sep 2025	26	27	1.0	22	0.85
Sep 2024	24	35	1.5	24	1.00
Sep 2023	37	47	1.3	36	0.97
Sep 2022	33	38	1.2	33	1.00
Sep 2021	29	34	1.2	28	0.97
Sep 2020	34	46	1.4	33	0.97
Sep 2019	27	44	1.6	26	0.96
Sep 2018	22	32	1.5	22	1.00
Sep 2017	37	43	1.2	36	0.97
Sep 2016 *	40	42	1.1	35	0.88
Sep 2015 *	37	42	1.1	36	0.97
Sep 2014 *	28	29	1.0	22	0.79

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 43% · Writing 36% · Maths 29% → all three 18% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard18%29th of 29 in Blackpool

Blackpool 57% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard43%

Blackpool 73% England 78%

Higher standard4%

Blackpool 26% England 33%

Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard36%

Blackpool 68% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Blackpool 5% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard29%

Blackpool 70% England 77%

Higher standard7%

Blackpool 17% England 24%

Average scaled score 97 (100 = expected standard)

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Blackpool median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	18%	0%	98	97
2023/24	47%	0%	105	100
2022/23	62%	3%	105	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

Mereside Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Remains Good · concerns noted2024

1.5applications per place 18%met the SATs standard
Stanley Primary School
0.6 km · Blackpool

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy
1.3 km · Blackpool

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Marton Primary Academy and Nursery
1.4 km · Blackpool

Remains Good2023

2.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
1.8 km · Blackpool

Good2023

2.0applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Staining Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
2.1 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Hawes Side Academy
2.1 km · Blackpool

Special measures 2026

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

2026

1.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
2.2 km · Blackpool

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place 61%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
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Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143771 · 890/2824
Trust: Fylde Coast Academy Trust
Capacity: 454 pupils · 266 on roll
Free school meals: 70.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 January 2017
Replaced: Mereside Primary School (URN 119345)
Address: Langdale Road, Blackpool, FY4 4RR
Local authority: Blackpool

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