North West
Secondary schools in Blackpool
47 schools, 18,984 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 30.8.
Ofsted across Blackpool
Good23
Requires improvement3
Outstanding2
Inadequate1
No overall grade18
29 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 18 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Blackpool
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George's School A Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Blackpool | No grade | 55.5 |
| St Mary's Catholic AcademyAcademy converter | Blackpool | Good 2022 | 41.5 |
| Montgomery AcademyAcademy converter | Blackpool | Good 2024 | 40 |
| Blackpool Aspire AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Blackpool | Requires improvement 2024 | 36.7 |
| Armfield AcademyFree schools | Blackpool | Good 2023 | 35.6 |
| Highfield Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Blackpool | Requires improvement 2024 | 30 |
| Unity Academy BlackpoolAcademy sponsor led | Blackpool | No grade | 29.3 |
| South Shore AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Blackpool | Inadequate 2023 | — |