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Unity Academy Blackpool

Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool, FY2 0TS
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

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Ofsted: Inadequate · December 2024(8/8)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 3,208th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(8/8)Rank among 8 Blackpool secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Blackpool league table →
Inspection
Inadequate, December 2024
Getting in
Not full for Year 7 2026
Results
-1.94 progress 8; 27.9 attainment 8
Size
877 pupils; 112 places a year; classes of 22
Run by
Fylde Coast Academy Trust
Type
Academy sponsor led
Ages
2 to 16 · Mixed
Ofsted, December 2024The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 73%, against 55% in Blackpool.
  • Higher standard: 2%, against 4% in Blackpool.
  • Progress 8: -1.94, against -0.94 in Blackpool.
  • Attainment 8: 27.9, against 40.3 in Blackpool.
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At a glance

Against Blackpool and England
This schoolBlackpoolEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
73%
Better than Blackpool
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
2%
Worse than Blackpool
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
-1.94
Worse than Blackpool
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
27.9
Worse than Blackpool
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
14%
Worse than Blackpool
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
11.5%
Worse than Blackpool
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
36.0%
Worse than Blackpool
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
33.9
Worse than Blackpool
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
22.4
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
61%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
16.1
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
In line with Blackpool
Blackpool and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 102 families put it first for 112 places; 101 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
  • We can't tell how far Year 7 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.

Quality

  • Inadequate Ofsted · inspected 10 December 2024
  • Progress 8: -1.94 (England +0.01) (county -0.94) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 27.9 (England 47.4) (county 40.3) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 14% (England 48%) (county 37%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026

Daily life

  • Absence: 11% of sessions missed; 36% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.7% and 29% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 34 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 26); 8 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 22.4 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 16.1 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 153 m, rail 639 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 23 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 7 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 5.8 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.4 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Fylde Coast Academy Trust, with 10 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2013
  • Opened as an academy (sponsored) on 1 September 2013 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Unity College Blackpool (URN 119736) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 2 September 2013
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026112102183101
Reception202630334330
Year 72025119114208111
Reception202530426230
Year 72024119119195113
Reception202426224322
Year 72023119111223107
Reception202347436543
Year 72022117110203109
Reception202227224622

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2015 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8-1.94+0.01-0.942023/2024
Attainment 827.947.440.32025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above14%48%37%2025/2026
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard73%62%55%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard2%8%4%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)Top 19% (6/32)
GCSE (key stage 4)(8/8)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
10 December 2024Graded inspectionQuality of education: Inadequate

Source: Ofsted, 2024.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2411177%In education 69%; Apprenticeship 1.8%; Employment 5.4%
After GCSEs2022/2311475%In education 66%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 9.6%
After GCSEs2021/2211982%In education 75%; Apprenticeship 0.8%; Employment 5.9%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Blackpool league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/2511%4.6%6.9%36%6.2%
2023/2412%3.3%8.9%39%7.8%
2022/2311%4.4%6.8%38%3.8%
Schools with a similar intake9.7%29%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 758 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2533.914%3218
2023/2419.99.4%1944
2022/2357.115%5682
Schools with a similar intake25.9

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size22.42025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher16.1November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus153
rail639

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20253
20244
20238
20223
20215

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 7 serious and 0 fatal in all; 3 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO25.82024
PM108.42024
PM255.42024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals61%2025/26
First language other than English15%2025/26
SEN support20%2025/26
Education, health and care plan3.9%2025/26
Girls50%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Fylde Coast Academy Trust, with 10 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2013
  • Opened as an academy (sponsored) on 1 September 2013 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Unity College Blackpool (URN 119736) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 2 September 2013
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Blackpool and the Blackpool league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.