Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Blackpool·FY1 2SD
Composite score
47.4
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#8,185
National rank
#1155
In North West
#9
In Blackpool
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
86%
35 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.17
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
3%

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 Holy Family Catholic 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
211
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
20.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,573
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Holy Family Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Blackpool, Holy Family Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 211 pupils aged 4 to 11. 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 21.0 percentage points 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 106 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Holy Family Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 35 first choices for 30 places. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. Holy Family Catholic 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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