Layton Primary School

Community school·Primary school Blackpool·FY3 7DX
Composite score
70.2
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#1,750
National rank
#206
In North West
#2
In Blackpool
Top 12%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
24%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
70 first choices, 78 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
133
any preference, for 78 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.52
1 per place
1.3820221.0120230.9120240.9620250.902026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Blackpool does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Layton Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
619
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,578
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Layton Primary School

Layton Primary School is a primary school in Blackpool, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 619 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 12% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 24% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 99% of the families who made Layton Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 18.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Layton Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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