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Secondary school in Blackpool

St George's School A Church of England Academy

Cherry Tree Road, Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 4PH

Church of England
School website 01253316725

Ofsted

Judged to have improved significantly, on 26 February 2025.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

55.5 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

71% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

86% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.8 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

28% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.38confidence interval 0.18 to 0.59

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1038
Places
1050
How full
Nearly full — 1038 of 1050 places taken
Girls / boys
510 / 528
Overall absence
6%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
16%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
34%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
6%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
11%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
91%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
82%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
2%
No sustained destination
7%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
190

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Blackpool 014C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
16%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
33%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
60%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
17%

England 17%

Households with no car
31%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
55%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED
Headteacher
Headteacher: Graham Warnock
Local authority
Blackpool
Ward
Clifton
Constituency
Blackpool South
URN
140759

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Highfield Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2024 30 0.9 mi
South Shore AcademyAcademy sponsor led Inadequate 2023 1.2 mi
Armfield AcademyFree schools Good 2023 35.6 1.5 mi
BFC SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.5 mi
Tower Learning Centre Independent SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.8 mi
St Mary's Catholic AcademyAcademy converter Good 2022 41.5 2 mi
Lancashire Alternative ProvisionOther independent school No grade 2.7 mi
Blackpool Aspire AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2024 36.7 2.7 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Abbot Beyne SchoolVoluntary controlled school Good 2022 39.4
Outwood Academy FoxhillsAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 40.4
Tor Bridge HighAcademy converter Good 2021 40.4
Dixons Trinity AcademyFree schools No grade 51.4
The Netherhall SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 45.5
UTC South DurhamUniversity technical college Good 2024 39.2
St Julie's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2023 46.9
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2022 40.9

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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