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47 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools

Blackpool has 44 state schools: 30 primary, 6 secondary, 2 all-through. Between them they teach around 19,649 pupils. 36 have enough published data for a score, averaging 3.7 out of 10.

6 have a sixth form. 23 take children from age three or under. 14 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Thornton-Cleveleys 12 schools
Anchorsholme Primary Academy Thornton-Cleveleys · Not judged Armfield Academy Blackpool · Good BFC School Blackpool · Good Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy Blackpool · Not judged Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School Blackpool · Good Blackpool Aspire Academy Blackpool · Requires improvement Blackpool Gateway Academy Blackpool · Good Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School Blackpool · Not judged Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School Blackpool · Outstanding Blackpool and the Fylde College Blackpool · Good Boundary Primary School Blackpool · Good Christ The King Catholic Academy Blackpool · Good Devonshire Primary Academy Blackpool · Not judged Hawes Side Academy Blackpool · Good Highfield Leadership Academy Blackpool · Requires improvement Highfurlong School Blackpool · Outstanding Holy Family Catholic Primary School Blackpool · Good Kincraig Primary School Blackpool · Good Lancashire Alternative Provision Blackpool · Good Layton Primary School Blackpool · Outstanding Marton Primary Academy and Nursery Blackpool · Good Mereside Primary Academy Blackpool · Good Montgomery Academy Blackpool · Good Moor Park Primary School Blackpool · Good Norbreck Primary Academy Thornton-Cleveleys · Good Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool Blackpool · Good Park Community Academy Blackpool · Outstanding Revoe Learning Academy Blackpool · Good Roseacre Primary Academy Blackpool · Good South Shore Academy Blackpool · Inadequate St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy Blackpool · Good St George's School A Church of England Academy Blackpool · Good St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool Blackpool · Good St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School Blackpool · Good St Mary's Catholic Academy Blackpool · Good St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Thornton-Cleveleys · Good St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Blackpool · Good Stanley Primary School Blackpool · Good Thames Primary Academy Blackpool · Good The Blackpool Sixth Form College Blackpool · Good The Maple School Blackpool · Inadequate Tower Learning Centre Independent School · Good Unity Academy Blackpool Blackpool · Not judged Waterloo Primary Academy Blackpool · Requires improvement Westcliff Primary Academy Blackpool · Good Westminster Primary Academy Blackpool · Good Woodlands School Blackpool · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Revoe Learning Academy Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Westminster Primary Academy Good · ×0.84 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hawes Side Academy Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Thames Primary Academy Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Layton Primary School Outstanding · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Norbreck Primary Academy Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Montgomery Academy Good · ×0.94 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.95 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Blackpool

Primary schools: Explicit: 'The council's admission policy does not include catchment areas or feeder schools' — pure home-to-school distance. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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