Educational Diversity
Special / other · Blackpool · FY3 9JW
Data updated
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 12 July 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
137 pupils · 78% of 175 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Age range
- 6–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 81.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- Website
- www.eddiversity.com
- URN
- 151982
In figures
An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 12 July 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. It had 137 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 93% (Blackpool 93%, England 73%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Blackpool 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Blackpool 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Blackpool 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Blackpool 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Blackpool 1%, England 4%) · Not recorded 1% (Blackpool 1%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Blackpool 1%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 29.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 17.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 27.8% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 18.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 70% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1.8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 28.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 8.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 5.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 12.5% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 24.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012715 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £125,000785 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £100,000–£155,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
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
- 10an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 80an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 19an 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