Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Blackpool·FY2 0HH
Composite score
37.3
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#11,755
National rank
#1755
In North West
#21
In Blackpool
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
62
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8520220.9720230.9020240.9720250.892026

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

Every child who put Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
361
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,188
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School

Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Blackpool, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 361 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 19.4 pupils per teacher. Bispham Endowed Church of England 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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