South Shore Academy
Secondary schoolSouth Shore Academy is a secondary school in Blackpool, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 550 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), June 2023, before the school changed, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 27 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
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 South Shore Academy was 34.4, against 38.4 in Blackpool and 46.2 in England.
25.2% 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 | 34.4 | 38.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25.2% | 35.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 54.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 111 | – | – |
- 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- St Cuthbert's Catholic AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)110 m
- Thames Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, December 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)650 m
- Waterloo Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Armfield AcademyAll-through. Good (overall), February 2023. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- Blackpool Gateway AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- Spen Brook SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file930 m
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).