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Moor Park Primary School

Primary · Blackpool · FY2 0LY

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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 23 February 2023

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At a glance

329 pupils · 78% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
38.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.moorparkprimaryandnursery.co.uk
URN
151114

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.646 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2025 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 23 February 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 30 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.646 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.646 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
44%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school44%
Median of its 12 closest peers49%
Blackpool average57.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Caslon Primary Community SchoolHalesowen · 104 miles awayRequires improvement52%
Millfield Primary SchoolNorth Walsham · 195 miles awayNeeds attention46%
Duke Street Primary SchoolChorley · 21 miles awayNeeds attention38%
Greenmount Primary SchoolRyde · 229 miles awayNeeds attention32%
Ings Primary SchoolHull · 112 miles awayNo current grade59%
Pentland Primary SchoolBillingham · 88 miles awayNeeds attention34%
Wolverham Primary and Nursery SchoolEllesmere Port · 40 miles awayExpected standard71%
Woodhall Primary SchoolSudbury · 200 miles awayGood78%
Buckshaw Primary SchoolChorley · 20 miles awayGood43%
The Market Rasen Church of England Primary SchoolMarket Rasen · 115 miles awayGood67%
Billingham South Community Primary SchoolBillingham · 87 miles awayOutstanding56%
Brockhurst Primary SchoolGosport · 225 miles awayGood42%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
24 of 24 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Blackpool 80%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Blackpool 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Blackpool 4%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 1% (Blackpool 3%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Blackpool 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Blackpool 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

17.96 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Blackpool: 4.87 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 19% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 5.1% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

41.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,603; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,717
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £188,000; in-year balance +£172,000

Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health37.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier52.2%62.3%
Social housing26.7%17.1%
Privately rented20.8%20.5%
Detached houses14.4%22.9%
Flats29.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van32.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012692 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£144,000407 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£124,500–£170,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (40)£267,500
Semi-detached (260)£145,500
Terraced (95)£129,000
Flat (12)£64,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.04 km, 2026 entry): 444 sales, median £145,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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