Anchorsholme Primary Academy
Primary schoolAnchorsholme Primary Academy is a primary school in Blackpool, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 595 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 53% of pupils at Anchorsholme Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 55% in Blackpool and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Blackpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 55% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 4% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 103 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- Norbreck Primary AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- Blackpool and the Fylde CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.1 km
- Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary SchoolPrimary. Some aspects not as strong, December 2024. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Kincraig Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Montgomery AcademySecondary. Good (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 40.9 (2025/26, provisional)1.6 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Blackpool
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).