Secondary
Baines School
Highcross Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 8BE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 726 of 890 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
- Local authority
- Lancashire
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 73.4
- Pupils per adult
- 11.5
- Pupils
- 846
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
October 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
November 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
41%
45.8
3rd of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Poulton-le-Fylde we can score - 4 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.87 |
| Entered the EBacc | 20% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46% |
| 22/23 | 39% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 41% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.39 |
| 22/23 | -0.79 |
| 23/24 | -0.59 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.0 |
| 22/23 | 42.9 |
| 23/24 | 44.0 |
| 24/25 | 45.8 |
Highcross Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 8BE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Clare Doherty
- Address
- Highcross Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 8BE
- Telephone
- 01253883019