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Best primary schools in Blackpool

29 of 30 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Blackpool schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool Blackpool 80.0% Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Kincraig Primary School Blackpool 79.0% Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Westcliff Primary Academy Blackpool 79.0% Good oversubscribed 1.41 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School Blackpool 77.0% Not judged about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School Blackpool 75.0% Outstanding about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Holy Family Catholic Primary School Blackpool 73.0% Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Waterloo Primary Academy Blackpool 70.0% Requires improvement declining about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy Blackpool 66.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy Blackpool 65.0% Not judged about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Layton Primary School Blackpool hidden gem 65.0% Outstanding improving about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Thames Primary Academy Blackpool hidden gem 62.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool Blackpool 61.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Westminster Primary Academy Blackpool hidden gem 60.0% Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Marton Primary Academy and Nursery Blackpool 59.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Roseacre Primary Academy Blackpool 57.0% Good about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Boundary Primary School Blackpool 56.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Stanley Primary School Blackpool 54.0% Good about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Anchorsholme Primary Academy Thornton-Cleveleys 53.0% Not judged about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School Blackpool hidden gem 52.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Christ The King Catholic Academy Blackpool 52.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Devonshire Primary Academy Blackpool 47.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Norbreck Primary Academy Thornton-Cleveleys hidden gem 47.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Revoe Learning Academy Blackpool hidden gem 46.0% Good improving undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Blackpool Gateway Academy Blackpool 44.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Moor Park Primary School Blackpool 44.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Thornton-Cleveleys hidden gem 43.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School Blackpool 42.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Hawes Side Academy Blackpool hidden gem 40.0% Good improving about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Mereside Primary Academy Blackpool hidden gem 18.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Blackpool

1 further primary school with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Blackpool, not a fairer one.

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