North West
Special 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.
Special schools in Blackpool
Sorted by name. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool Skills AcademyOther independent special school | Blackpool | No grade | — |
| Norman House Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Blackpool | No grade | — |
| Spen Brook SchoolOther independent special school | Blackpool | No grade | — |
| Woodlands SchoolCommunity special school | Blackpool | Good 2024 | — |