South Shore Academy
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
F24
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Blackpool, FY4 2AR
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Armfield Academy
488 Lytham Road, Blackpool, FY4 1TL
Local ranking4th of 8 secondary schools in Blackpool
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
1220
Capacity
3-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 7 February 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 34.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 17.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 45.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 153
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1215
- Boys
- 629 (52%)
- Girls
- 592 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1220 (100% full)
- SEND
- 11.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.8%
- EAL
- 5.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 8.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,455/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
- 8.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.2%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
90.2%
White British
3.1%
White Other
1.2%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
488 Lytham Road
Blackpool, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 145863
- UKPRN
- 10067897
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- FYLDE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
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