Armfield Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D41
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Blackpool, FY4 1TL
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Highfield Leadership Academy
Highfield Road, Blackpool, FY4 3JZ
Local ranking6th of 8 secondary schools in Blackpool
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 12 March 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 94
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Continued in education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 18.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 681
- Boys
- 366 (49%)
- Girls
- 385 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (63% full)
- SEND
- 23.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 56.0%
- EAL
- 11.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 21.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 32.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,341/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
- 16.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 46.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- 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: 82.1%
- White Other: 3.9%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 2.7%
- Asian Other: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.1%
82.1%
White British
3.9%
White Other
2.7%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Highfield Road
Blackpool, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 142469
- UKPRN
- 10054616
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
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