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Unity Academy Blackpool

URN
139675
Phase
All-through
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Unity Academy Blackpool
URN
139675
Phase
All-through
Gender
Mixed
Age range
2-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

48 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

44

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

42

Destinations

24

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

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School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
6 March 2025
Inspection date
10 December 2024
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
SM
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Inadequate

    Graded 6 March 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Requires improvement

    Graded 6 March 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

119

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

208

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

119

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.75×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Blackpool
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Blackpool)
School website
http://www.unity.blackpool.org.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Blackpool to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

79.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

79.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

82.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

73.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

FY2 0TS - Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool, Lancashire

Contact details

Address
Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool, Lancashire
Postcode
FY2 0TS
Phone
1253478129
Website
http://www.unity.blackpool.org.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Blackpool
Local authority code
890

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 110 schools in Blackpool.

Authority statistics

Total schools

110

Open schools

51

Closed schools

59

Primary schools

67

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 6 March 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Inadequate

    Graded 6 March 2025

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 6 March 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    6 March 202510 December 2024Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1InspectionView report for inspection published 6 March 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      6 March 2025
      Inspected
      10 December 2024
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    57.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 111

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    29.3

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    17.6%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    32.4%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    11.1%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    3.7%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    66.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    10.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    18.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    15

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary67 (60.9%)
    • Secondary15 (13.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other28 (25.5%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Unity College Blackpool108 mMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
    Holy Family Catholic Primary School586 mPrimaryClosed
    Holy Family Catholic Primary School586 mPrimaryOpen
    Langdale Free School722 mPrimaryClosed
    Langdale Preparatory School722 mNot applicableClosed
    Bispham High School - An Arts College845 mSecondaryClosed
    Westminster Primary Academy901 mPrimaryOpen
    Claremont Community Primary School901 mPrimaryClosed
    Lancashire Alternative Provision977 mNot applicableOpen
    Layton Primary School1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Unity College Blackpool
      Distance
      108 m
      Phase
      Middle deemed secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Holy Family Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      586 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Holy Family Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      586 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Langdale Free School
      Distance
      722 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (All-through) and local authority (Blackpool)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Armfield AcademyAll-throughFY4 1TLOpen
    • Armfield Academy
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      FY4 1TL
      Status
      Open
    Langdale Preparatory School
    Distance
    722 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Bispham High School - An Arts College
    Distance
    845 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Westminster Primary Academy
    Distance
    901 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Claremont Community Primary School
    Distance
    901 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Lancashire Alternative Provision
    Distance
    977 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Layton Primary School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open