All-through
Unity Academy Blackpool
Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool, FY2 0TS
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 877 of 1020 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- FYLDE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 113.1
- Pupils per adult
- 8.6
- Pupils
- 969
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 December 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationInadequate
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
July 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
18%
29.3
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 73% |
| Working at a higher standard | 2% |
| Attainment 8 | 29.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.57 |
| Entered the EBacc | 11% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 32% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 55% |
| 23/24 | 42% |
| 24/25 | 73% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 19% |
| 22/23 | 11% |
| 23/24 | 12% |
| 24/25 | 18% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.13 |
| 22/23 | -1.27 |
| 23/24 | -1.94 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33.3 |
| 22/23 | 27.4 |
| 23/24 | 26.5 |
| 24/25 | 29.3 |
Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool, FY2 0TS
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 15 January, the year before starting.
Blackpool 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
- Principal
- John Connolly
- Address
- Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool, FY2 0TS
- Telephone
- 01253478129