Highfurlong School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Highfurlong School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Blackpool, North West.
The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 146 pupils. Highfurlong School is part of SYNERGY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED.
Ofsted Rating
9
2014
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Outstanding
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
63%Boys
37%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 2 – 19
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 146
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
- MAT name
- SYNERGY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2014 | Outstanding | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Outstanding |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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