St Mary's Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Blackpool
St Walburga's Road, Blackpool, FY3 7EQ
60
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 10/05/2022
Application demand
81%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.1%
22.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,188
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,199 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
81%
1st preference success rate
218 of 268 families who put it first got an offer
227
Places offered
489
Total applications
2.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 268 | 218 | ● 81% |
| 2nd preference | 146 | 7 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 75 | 2 | ● 3% |
| Total | 489 | 227 | 46% |
1st preference success by year
Blackpool lets families list 3 preferences. 37 applications came from outside the council area (5 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
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Juliet Morgan
- Address
- St Walburga's Road, Blackpool, FY3 7EQ
- Phone
- 01253396286
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Ward / constituency
- Park · Blackpool South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141257
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 25% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
1,188 pupils · 1,199 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
10 May 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,094 pupils
Attendance
92.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
22.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
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 | 42.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.70 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 28% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 51% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.32 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.64 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 28.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 54.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 11.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.37 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 208 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.18 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 19.4% | 17% |
| A-level students | 62 | — |
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 | 206 | 5% | 35% | 58% | |
| English Language | 206 | 12% | 43% | 67% | |
| Religious Studies | 200 | 16% | 43% | 60% | |
| English Literature | 199 | 10% | 45% | 69% | |
| Combined Science | 155 | 6% | 28% | 50% | |
| Art and Design | 88 | 1% | 24% | 64% | |
| History | 85 | 8% | 31% | 41% | |
| Biology | 51 | 25% | 47% | 63% | |
| Physics | 51 | 24% | 51% | 67% | |
| Chemistry | 51 | 25% | 57% | 69% | |
| Geography | 45 | 20% | 47% | 56% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 30 | 3% | 17% | 37% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 19 | 0% | 5% | 37% | |
| Biology | 15 | 13% | 27% | 53% | |
| Mathematics | 15 | 13% | 20% | 40% | |
| Chemistry | 13 | 15% | 23% | 54% | |
| Physics | 12 | 0% | 17% | 33% | |
| English Language | 11 | 0% | 27% | 45% | |
| Religious Studies | 10 | 0% | 10% | 20% | |
| Photography | 9 | 0% | 11% | 11% | |
| Sociology | 7 | 14% | 29% | 29% | |
| English Literature | 7 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 6 | 0% | 17% | 67% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 6 | 0% | 33% | 83% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #361 of 1,824 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 19964: St Mary's Catholic Academy, Blackpool
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 58% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 3% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 62% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
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.