Living in Blackpool with children
Blackpool, Blackpool and Lancashire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 149,087 people in 68,600 households; 24.8% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
38 schools: 28 state primary, 8 state secondary, 2 sixth form or collegeBlackpool on the schools map →Every school in Blackpool, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (28)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool | Good | 1st (1/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Westcliff Primary Academy | School remains Good | Top 7% (2/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Kincraig Primary School | School remains Good | Top 10% (3/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 13% (4/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 16% (5/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | Top 22% (7/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Staining Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | School remains Good | Top 30% (135/461) in Lancashire | — |
| Waterloo Primary Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 25% (8/32) in Blackpool | — |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy | School remains Good | Top 29% (9/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Layton Primary School | School remains Outstanding (Concerns) | Top 32% (10/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy | Requires improvement | Top 35% (11/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Thames Primary Academy | School remains Good | Top 38% (12/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool | School remains Good | Top 41% (13/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Westminster Primary Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 44% (14/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Marton Primary Academy and Nursery | School remains Good | Top 47% (15/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Roseacre Primary Academy | School remains Good | Top 50% (16/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Boundary Primary School | School remains Good (Improving) | (17/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Stanley Primary School | School remains Good | (18/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | (20/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Christ The King Catholic Academy | School remains Good | (21/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Devonshire Primary Academy | Good | (22/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Revoe Learning Academy | Good | (24/32) in Blackpool | — |
| St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | (25/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Blackpool Gateway Academy | Ofsted report card | (27/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Moor Park Primary School | School remains Good (Concerns) | (28/32) in Blackpool | — |
| St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School | Standards maintained | (30/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Hawes Side Academy | Good | (31/32) in Blackpool | — |
| Mereside Primary Academy | School remains Good (Concerns) | (32/32) in Blackpool | — |
State secondary schools (8)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George's School A Church of England Academy | Improved significantly | 1st (1/8) in Blackpool | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Academy | Good | Top 25% (2/8) in Blackpool | — |
| Montgomery Academy | Good | Top 38% (3/8) in Blackpool | — |
| Blackpool Aspire Academy | Requires improvement | Top 50% (4/8) in Blackpool | — |
| Highfield Leadership Academy | Requires improvement | (5/8) in Blackpool | — |
| South Shore Academy | Inadequate | (6/8) in Blackpool | — |
| Armfield Academy | Good | (7/8) in Blackpool | — |
| Unity Academy Blackpool | Inadequate | (8/8) in Blackpool | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Blackpool Sixth Form College | Good | 1st (1/2) in Blackpool | — |
| Blackpool and the Fylde College | — | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (170 detached, 734 semi-detached, 609 terraced, 132 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Blackpool. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Blackpool →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 90% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 2,255 postcodes in FY4, FY3, FY2. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 1 strong or better in every area; 26 good, or expected standard; 2 requires improvement; 5 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 2 in Lancashire · 33 in Blackpool.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Blackpool
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Blackpool · Lancashire.
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