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Stanley Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Wordsworth Avenue, Blackpool FY3 9UT · stanleyprimaryschool.com · 01253 761022
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 54%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Blackpool 55%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 605
- 96% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 25.6%
- First language not English
- 5.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 91 families put the school first and 86 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 86 | 91 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 84 | 74 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 78 | 75 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 78 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 82 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Blackpool it was 55%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼54% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 131070)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 16 November 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Stanley Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 15 Nov 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131070)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 131070), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Good
Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131070)
Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131070)
Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131070)