St George's School A Church of England Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Blackpool·FY4 4PH
Composite score
69.4
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#433
National rank
#35
In North West
#1
In Blackpool
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
55.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
70%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
86%
% EBacc grade 5+
20%
EBacc average points score
4.81

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
67%
298 first choices, 207 places
First choices per place
1.44
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
534
any preference, for 207 places
Applications from another council area
14%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.52
1 per place
0.9720221.1120231.4520241.5220251.442026

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 Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St George's School A Church of England 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,032
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
5.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
19.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,397
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
91%
190 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About St George's School A Church of England Academy

St George's School A Church of England Academy is a secondary school in Blackpool, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 1,032 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 55.5 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 2.8 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 14% of secondary schools in England.

70% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 86% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. St George's School A Church of England Academy is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 298 first choices for 207 places. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 14.4 pupils per teacher. St George's School A Church of England 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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