Norbreck Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Thornton-Cleveleys, Blackpool·FY5 1PD
Composite score
30.6
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#13,271
National rank
#2017
In North West
#24
In Blackpool
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
79 first choices, 86 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
143
any preference, for 86 places
Applications from another council area
26%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920221.0020230.9420240.9720250.922026

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 Norbreck Primary Academy. 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
589
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,121
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Norbreck Primary Academy is a primary school serving Thornton-Cleveleys, Blackpool, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 589 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. 47% 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%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 99% of the families who made Norbreck Primary Academy 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 4.3%. There are about 24.5 pupils per teacher. Norbreck Primary Academy 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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