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School admissions in Blackpool

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 22 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

32 schools. 13 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Westcliff Primary AcademyBlackpool1.41290.763 miles 2026
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolBlackpool1.17300.322 miles 2026
Roseacre Primary AcademyBlackpool1.12600.798 miles 2026
Kincraig Primary SchoolBlackpool1.10292.109 miles 2026
Unity Academy BlackpoolBlackpool1.10300.878 miles 2026
Moor Park Primary SchoolBlackpool1.07280.646 miles 2026
Christ The King Catholic AcademyBlackpool1.07301.572 miles 2026
Stanley Primary SchoolBlackpool1.06861.317 miles 2026
Armfield AcademyBlackpool1.05590.836 miles 2026
Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary SchoolBlackpool1.03601.808 miles 2026
Marton Primary Academy and NurseryBlackpool1.03301.287 miles 2026
St Kentigern's Catholic Primary SchoolBlackpool1.03300.128 miles 2026
St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, BlackpoolBlackpool1.02600.685 miles 2026
Blackpool Gateway AcademyBlackpool1.00301.678 miles 2026
Boundary Primary SchoolBlackpool1.0044not published
Devonshire Primary AcademyBlackpool1.00601.206 miles 2026
St Cuthbert's Catholic AcademyBlackpool1.0022not published
Waterloo Primary AcademyBlackpool0.9852not published
Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, BlackpoolBlackpool0.96271.482 miles 2026
Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackpool0.96250.718 miles 2025
Mereside Primary AcademyBlackpool0.9624not published
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys0.9522not published
Anchorsholme Primary AcademyThornton-Cleveleys0.9562not published
Norbreck Primary AcademyThornton-Cleveleys0.9286not published
Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary AcademyBlackpool0.9039not published
Layton Primary SchoolBlackpool0.9078not published
St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolBlackpool0.90294.662 miles 2026
Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolBlackpool0.89282.91 miles 2026
Hawes Side AcademyBlackpool0.8826not published
Thames Primary AcademyBlackpool0.8843not published
Westminster Primary AcademyBlackpool0.8438not published
Revoe Learning AcademyBlackpool0.8233not published

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

8 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
St George's School A Church of England AcademyBlackpool1.44207not published
St Mary's Catholic AcademyBlackpool1.20204not published
Armfield AcademyBlackpool1.131590.846 miles 2026
Montgomery AcademyBlackpool0.942482.42 miles 2026
Unity Academy BlackpoolBlackpool0.911121.476 miles 2025
Blackpool Aspire AcademyBlackpool0.83141not published
Highfield Leadership AcademyBlackpool0.65185not published
South Shore AcademyBlackpool0.62124not published

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.