St George's School A Church of England Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Blackpool
Cherry Tree Road, Blackpool, FY4 4PH
75
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Improved significantly
No graded inspection
Application demand
63%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.5%
15.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,038
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
63%
1st preference success rate
200 of 317 families who put it first got an offer
209
Places offered
549
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 317 | 200 | ● 63% |
| 2nd preference | 131 | 6 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 101 | 3 | ● 3% |
| Total | 549 | 209 | 38% |
1st preference success by year
Blackpool lets families list 3 preferences. 61 applications came from outside the council area (17 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Graham Warnock
- Address
- Cherry Tree Road, Marton, Blackpool, FY4 4PH
- Phone
- 01253316725
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Ward / constituency
- Clifton · Blackpool South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 140759
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 34% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 22% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED
1,038 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
26 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Improved significantly
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,075 pupils
Attendance
94.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 52.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.38 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 83% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.49 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 70.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 85.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 27.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.81 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 190 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 190 | 31% | 78% | 88% | |
| English Language | 190 | 27% | 71% | 89% | |
| English Literature | 190 | 29% | 69% | 85% | |
| Combined Science | 158 | 13% | 56% | 74% | |
| Religious Studies | 125 | 36% | 78% | 85% | |
| Geography | 112 | 23% | 52% | 61% | |
| History | 100 | 44% | 71% | 81% | |
| Art and Design | 46 | 20% | 93% | 98% | |
| Spanish | 42 | 36% | 86% | 88% | |
| Biology | 32 | 78% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 32 | 78% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 32 | 75% | 100% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Blackpool council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.