Blackpool Aspire Academy
Secondary schoolBlackpool Aspire Academy is a secondary school in Blackpool, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 799 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- 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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Blackpool Aspire Academy was 37.7, against 38.4 in Blackpool and 46.2 in England.
35.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Blackpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 37.7 | 38.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35.2% | 35.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59.2% | 54.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 142 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- Highfurlong SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file20 m
- Norman House Independent SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file330 m
- The Blackpool Sixth Form CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file360 m
- Lancashire Alternative ProvisionIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file620 m
- Boundary Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, October 2022. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
- Layton Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Outstanding (Concerns), next inspection graded, July 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 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).