Best Secondary Schools in Blackpool

We checked all 11 secondary schools in Blackpool and list every one: 7 ranked, then 4 without a rank.

Schools checked
11
Ranked
7
Without a rank
4

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Blackpool. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Blackpool also has 28 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Blackpool.

Ranked secondary schools in Blackpool

  1. 1

    St George's School A Church of England Academy

    Academy, 1,038 pupils, inspected March 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    55.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    70.5%

  2. 2

    St Mary's Catholic Academy

    Academy, 1,188 pupils, inspected May 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    41.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    28.8%

  3. 3

    Montgomery Academy

    Academy, 1,192 pupils, inspected May 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    40.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    31.7%

  4. 4

    Armfield Academy

    Free school, 1,221 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    35.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    19.7%

  5. 5

    Blackpool Aspire Academy

    Academy, 799 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Attainment 8
    36.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    28.5%

  6. 6

    Highfield Leadership Academy

    Academy, 751 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Attainment 8
    30.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    19.6%

  7. 7

    Unity Academy Blackpool

    Academy, 877 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Inadequate to good
    Attainment 8
    29.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    17.6%

Secondary schools in Blackpool without a rank