Unity Academy Blackpool

School overview

Unity Academy Blackpool is an all-through school serving Blackpool, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 946 pupils aged 2 to 16 on roll. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 31.0 percentage points year on year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 29.3, well below the national average of 46. On our composite score, Unity Academy Blackpool ranks around the middle of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 18% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. Unity Academy Blackpool is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 33 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 12.2%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 62% 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. Unity Academy Blackpool 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.