Schools in Blackpool
Blackpool has 48 schools - 28 primary and 6 secondary - with admissions co-ordinated by Blackpool Council as a unitary authority. The resort town's compact geography means many families live within reasonable reach of several primaries, making genuine school choice viable across most postcode areas.
Blackpool's six secondary schools serve distinct areas of the town, and straight-line distance is the standard final tiebreaker once sibling and catchment criteria are exhausted. The council publishes catchment maps and last-distance-offered figures each year as part of its annual admissions round information.
School demand in Blackpool
Across the 42 schools in Blackpool with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 9 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
14 schools in Blackpool have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
33 of the schools in Blackpool are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Blackpool, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
12 of the schools in Blackpool have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Blackpool: 8 oversubscribed (28)
Layton Primary School
Primary · Community school
Blackpool · FY3 7DX
Staining Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Blackpool · FY3 0BW
Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Blackpool · FY2 0HH
Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Blackpool · FY4 5DS
Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Blackpool · FY1 3NX
Kincraig Primary School
Primary · Community school
Blackpool · FY2 0HN
Westcliff Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY2 9BY
Waterloo Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY4 3AG
Hawes Side Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY4 3LN
Thames Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY4 1EE
Devonshire Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY3 8AF
Revoe Learning Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Blackpool · FY1 5HP
St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Blackpool · FY4 2AU
Christ The King Catholic Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY3 7FG
Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY4 4DJ
Marton Primary Academy and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Blackpool · FY4 5LY
Blackpool Gateway Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY1 6JH
Mereside Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY4 4RR
Westminster Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY1 2QE
Roseacre Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY4 2PF
St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY3 8BT
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY1 2SD
Stanley Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY3 9UT
Boundary Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY3 7RW
St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY1 6RD
Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY4 5DF
Moor Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY2 0LY
St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY2 0AJ
Secondary Schools in Blackpool (6)
Montgomery Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY2 0AZ
St George's School A Church of England Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY4 4PH
Blackpool Aspire Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Blackpool · FY3 7LS
St Mary's Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Blackpool · FY3 7EQ
Highfield Leadership Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Blackpool · FY4 3JZ
South Shore Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Blackpool · FY4 2AR
Other Schools in Blackpool (14)
Woodlands School
Not applicable · Community special school
Blackpool · FY3 9HF
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School
Not applicable · Community special school
Blackpool · FY5 4HH
Blackpool and the Fylde College
All through · Further education
Blackpool · FY2 0HB
Unity Academy Blackpool
Special · Academy sponsor led
Blackpool · FY2 0TS
Park Community Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Blackpool · FY3 9HF
Armfield Academy
Special · Free schools
Blackpool · FY4 1TL
BFC School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Blackpool · FY1 6JJ
Lancashire Alternative Provision
Not applicable · Other independent school
Blackpool · FY3 7UN
Highfurlong School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Blackpool · FY3 7LS
The Blackpool Sixth Form College
All through · Academy 16-19 converter
Blackpool · FY3 7LR
The Maple School
Not applicable · Free schools special
Blackpool · FY4 4RR
Norman House Independent School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Blackpool · FY3 7PP
Blackpool Skills Academy
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Blackpool · FY1 4QL
Educational Diversity
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter
Blackpool · FY3 9JW
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Blackpool are set by Blackpool and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.