Armfield Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D42
- 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 improvement
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 30.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 19.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 42.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 25.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 107
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
- 340 (50%)
- Girls
- 341 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (57% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- 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
Loading chart
- 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
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Highfield Road
Blackpool, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 142469
- UKPRN
- 10054616
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
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