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Blackpool Aspire Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool FY3 7LS · blackpoolaspireacademy.co.uk · 01253 353155
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Blackpool 37, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 799
- 89% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 66.6%
- First language not English
- 9.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 117 families put the school first and 141 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 141 | 117 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 178 | 135 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 176 | 111 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 151 | 102 | 0.7 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 143 | 109 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.7, and 28.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Blackpool it was 37, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼28.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼53.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼3.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.06 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 30.7 | −1.3 |
| Further education | 38.7 | +3.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.7 | +1.4 |
| Employment | 4.3 | −4.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 16.6 | −2.2 |
| Activity not captured | 6.1 | +3.8 |
Ofsted
Blackpool Aspire Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 5 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 5 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (78 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Replies
- 78
- 9% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 60% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (24%) with SEND