Schools in Blackpool[1]

Local authority district E06000009 · 49 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 94 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 51 (54%)[4]
second 20%: 27 (29%)[4]
middle 20%: 11 (12%)[4]
fourth 20%: 5 (5%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 0 (0%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	41%[4]	29%[4]	20%[4]	10%[4]	0%[4]
Employment	55%[4]	30%[4]	13%[4]	2%[4]	0%[4]
Education and skills	43%[4]	27%[4]	24%[4]	5%[4]	1%[4]
Health and disability	86%[4]	14%[4]	0%[4]	0%[4]	0%[4]
Crime	56%[4]	21%[4]	14%[4]	7%[4]	1%[4]
Housing and services	0%[4]	5%[4]	20%[4]	45%[4]	30%[4]
Living environment	50%[4]	28%[4]	16%[4]	5%[4]	1%[4]
Children in low-income families	39%[4]	31%[4]	21%[4]	7%[4]	1%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 57.5% of 64,783 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 22.5% of 116,355 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 6.2% of 116,364 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (9)

School	Ages	Headline results
Armfield Academy	3–16[2]	A8 34 2025/26[8] KS2 45% 2024/25[9]
Blackpool Aspire Academy	11–16[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8]
Highfield Leadership Academy	11–16[2]	A8 35 2025/26[8]
Montgomery Academy	11–16[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8]
South Shore Academy	11–16[2]	A8 34 2025/26[8]
St George's School A Church of England Academy	11–16[2]	A8 55 2025/26[8]
St Mary's Catholic Academy	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[10]
The Blackpool Sixth Form College	16–19[2]
Unity Academy Blackpool	2–16[2]	A8 28 2025/26[8] KS2 73% 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (30)

School	Ages	Headline results
Anchorsholme Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[9]
Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[9]
Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[9]
Blackpool Gateway Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[9]
Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[9]
Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[9]
Boundary Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[9]
Christ The King Catholic Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[9]
Devonshire Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[9]
Hawes Side Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 40% 2024/25[9]
Holy Family Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[9]
Kincraig Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[9]
Layton Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[9]
Marton Primary Academy and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[9]
Mereside Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 18% 2024/25[9]
Moor Park Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[9]
Norbreck Primary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[9]
Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool	4–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[9]
Revoe Learning Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[9]
Roseacre Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[9]
St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[9]
St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[9]
St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[9]
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[9]
St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School	5–11[2]
Stanley Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[9]
Thames Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[9]
Waterloo Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[9]
Westcliff Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[9]
Westminster Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[9]

Independent schools (3)

School	Ages	Headline results
BFC School	14–16[2]
Lancashire Alternative Provision	11–16[2]
Tower Learning Centre Independent School	14–16[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Blackpool Skills Academy	11–16[2]
Educational Diversity	6–16[2]
Highfurlong School	2–19[2]
Park Community Academy	2–19[2]
Spen Brook School	11–17[2]
The Maple School	10–16[2]
Woodlands School	2–19[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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