St Mary's Catholic Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Blackpool, FY3 7EQ
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Blackpool Aspire Academy
Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, FY3 7LS
Local ranking5th of 8 secondary schools in Blackpool
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 5 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 37.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 142
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 835
- Boys
- 368 (46%)
- Girls
- 431 (54%)
- Capacity
- 900 (89% full)
- SEND
- 18.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 66.5%
- EAL
- 9.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 16.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,391/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
- 9.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 83.1%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Asian Other: 2.5%
- Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
- Other: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
83.1%
White British
3.5%
White Other
2.5%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Blackpool Old Road
Blackpool, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 141132
- UKPRN
- 10046724
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- FYLDE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
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