Schools in Blackpool
49 schools in the Blackpool local authority.
Schools
49
Open schools
Pupils
19,656
2025–26 census
Good or better
85%
34 of 40 graded
Academic Performance
4.1
out of 10 · 45 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 4 10%
- Good
- 30 75%
- Requires improvement
- 4 10%
- Inadequate
- 2 5%
3 inspected since 2024, no overall grade1 superseded by a report card6 not judged2 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
4.1
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 45 of 49 schools that can be scored
Pupils
19,656
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Ethnicity
White
86%Asian
6%Black
2%Mixed
4%Chinese
<1%Any other group
1%Unclassified
<1%Ethnicity from 43 of 49 schools (19,508 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 43.1%
- First language not English
- 11.8%
- Young carers
- 1.0%
8,405 of 19,508 pupils · 43 of 49 schools
2,311 of 19,508 pupils · 43 of 49 schools
198 of 19,508 pupils · 43 of 49 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 8
- Special
- 6
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 4
Top primary schools in Blackpool
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary SchoolBlackpool · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Layton Primary SchoolBlackpool · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 3.Kincraig Primary SchoolBlackpool · Primary8.5/10Good
- 4.Marton Primary Academy and NurseryBlackpool · Primary8.0/10Good
- 5.Anchorsholme Primary AcademyBlackpool · Primary7.9/10
- 6.Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackpool · Primary6.8/10
- 7.Westcliff Primary AcademyBlackpool · Primary6.8/10Good
- 8.St Kentigern's Catholic Primary SchoolBlackpool · Primary6.1/10Good
- 9.Boundary Primary SchoolBlackpool · Primary5.5/10Good
- 10.Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolBlackpool · Primary5.5/10Good
- 11.Moor Park Primary SchoolBlackpool · Primary5.5/10Good
- 12.Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, BlackpoolBlackpool · Primary5.5/10Good
- 13.St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, BlackpoolBlackpool · Primary5.5/10Good
- 14.Stanley Primary SchoolBlackpool · Primary5.5/10Good
- 15.Westminster Primary AcademyBlackpool · Primary3.6/10Good
- 16.Thames Primary AcademyBlackpool · Primary3.4/10Good
- 17.Christ The King Catholic AcademyBlackpool · Primary3.3/10Good
- 18.Devonshire Primary AcademyBlackpool · Primary3.3/10
- 19.Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolBlackpool · Primary2.9/10Good
- 20.Roseacre Primary Academy Blackpool · Primary2.4/10Good
Top secondary schools in Blackpool
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St George's School A Church of England AcademyBlackpool · Secondary8.5/10Good
- 2.Montgomery AcademyBlackpool · Secondary2.3/10Good
- 3.St Mary's Catholic AcademyBlackpool · Secondary2.3/10Good
- 4.Armfield AcademyBlackpool · Secondary1.5/10Good
- 5.Unity Academy BlackpoolBlackpool · Secondary1.3/10
- 6.South Shore AcademyBlackpool · Secondary0.3/10Inadequate
- 7.Blackpool Aspire AcademyBlackpool · Secondary0.2/10Requires improvement
- 8.Highfield Leadership AcademyBlackpool · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
Browse all 49 schools in Blackpool — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Blackpool
- How many schools are there in Blackpool?
- Blackpool has 49 open schools — 30 primary, 8 secondary, 6 special, teaching 19,656 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Blackpool are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 34 of the 40 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 85% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 4 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 49: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Blackpool?
- 4.1 out of 10, averaged across the 45 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Blackpool schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 9 schools in Blackpool currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Blackpool local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Blackpool covers 49 schools and sits in the North West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Blackpool are eligible for free school meals?
- 43.1% — 8,405 of 19,508 pupils at the 43 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the North West region.