St Mary's Catholic Academy
St Walburga's Road, Blackpool, FY3 7EQ
Local ranking2nd of 8 secondary schools in Blackpool
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1199
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 11.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 208
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 64.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
62
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 119
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1184
- Boys
- 585 (49%)
- Girls
- 599 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1199 (99% full)
- SEND
- 13.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 37.1%
- EAL
- 28.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 12.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 82.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,316/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 55.1%
- White Other: 13.8%
- Other: 13.8%
- Asian Indian: 7.1%
- Asian Other: 4.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
55.1%
White British
13.8%
White Other
13.8%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 141257
- UKPRN
- 10047144
- Establishment No.
- 4601
- Trust
- THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST