Unity Academy Blackpool
All-through schoolUnity Academy Blackpool is a all-through school in Blackpool, for pupils aged 2 to 16. It had 877 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 December 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- 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 2024/25, 73% of pupils at Unity Academy Blackpool met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 55% in Blackpool and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Unity Academy Blackpool was 27.9, against 38.4 in Blackpool and 46.2 in England.
14.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Blackpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 55% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 4% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Blackpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 27.9 | 38.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 14.2% | 35.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 31.1% | 54.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 106 | – | – |
- 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.
- 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- Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 2021. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
- Westminster Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)900 m
- Lancashire Alternative ProvisionIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file980 m
- Layton Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Outstanding (Concerns), next inspection graded, July 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Moor Park Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, February 2023. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Norman House Independent SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.4 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).