Highfield Leadership Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F30
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Blackpool, FY4 3JZ
- Distance
- 1.5km away
St George's School A Church of England Academy
Cherry Tree Road, Marton, Blackpool, FY4 4PH
Local ranking1st of 8 secondary schools in Blackpool
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 26 February 2025. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 74.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 88.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 185
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1032
- Boys
- 528 (51%)
- Girls
- 510 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (99% full)
- SEND
- 12.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.6%
- EAL
- 5.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 10.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,397/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.4%
- White Other: 3.2%
- Black African: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
88.4%
White British
3.2%
White Other
2.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cherry Tree Road
Blackpool, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 140759
- UKPRN
- 10045656
- Establishment No.
- 4405
- Trust
- CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED
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