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Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool

Primary · Blackpool · FY4 5DF

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 26 April 2023

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At a glance

186 pupils · 89% of 210 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
16.7% of pupils
English as additional language
5.2% of pupils
SEN support
12.9% of pupils
EHC plan
1% of pupils
Website
www.ourladyassumption-sch.co.uk/
URN
150866

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
61%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.4%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£6,782
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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