Blackpool Skills Academy
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Blackpool, FY1 4QL
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Woodlands School
Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9HF
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
110
Capacity
2-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 7
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 108
- Boys
- 80 (72%)
- Girls
- 31 (28%)
- Capacity
- 110 (101% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 76.9%
- EAL
- 6.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £27,869/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.7%
- White Other: 4.7%
- Asian Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.9%
90.7%
White British
4.7%
White Other
2.8%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Whitegate Drive
Blackpool, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119871
- UKPRN
- 10015189
- Establishment No.
- 7025
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