Hambleton Primary Academy

Hambleton Primary Academy is a highly effective school where pupils thrive in a safe, happy and purposeful environment. Inspectors found exceptional provision across the curriculum, behaviour, personal development, leadership and early years, with pupils achieving remarkably well and being exceptionally well prepared for their next steps. The school has a broad, ambitious and meticulously designed curriculum, and staff are experts at delivering it, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Reading is promoted strongly from the early years, and children master phonics with remarkable ease. Pupils demonstrate extremely positive attitudes to learning, behave exceptionally well and benefit from an exceptional personal development programme. They learn how to stay safe, understand healthy relationships and show a mature understanding of fundamental British values. Leadership is highly effective, staff are well supported and trained, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school is part of the Fylde Coast Academy Trust and has a new headteacher and other leadership changes since its previous inspection. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since 2013, when it was judged outstanding. It now has a school-run nursery for children aged three and over. Since September 2024, schools have not been awarded an overall effectiveness grade, but every inspected area was judged outstanding. No significant weaknesses were identified in the report.

Strengths

• Highly effective, broad and ambitious curriculum across all subjects
• Pupils achieve remarkably well and are exceptionally well prepared for their next steps
• Staff expertly deliver the curriculum and adapt it well for pupils with SEND
• Early identification and well-tailored support for pupils with additional needs
• Highly effective checks on learning that address gaps and misconceptions promptly
• Exemplary opportunities for pupils to connect knowledge across different subjects
• Strong promotion of reading from the early years, with a well-stocked library
• Children in early years develop an impressive vocabulary and master phonics confidently
• Pupils behave exceptionally well and have extremely positive attitudes to learning
• Exceptional personal development provision, including safety, relationships and British values
• Highly effective leadership at all levels, with strong trust and governance support
• Staff are valued, well trained and benefit from trust collaboration that supports workload and well-being
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hambleton Primary Academy attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Hambleton Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hambleton Primary Academy had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.7% of pupils at Hambleton Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Hambleton Primary Academy received £6,126 and spent £6,622 for each of its 238 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £130,000 (£548 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Fylde Coast Academy Trust, income was £8,606 and spending £8,682 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Poulton-Le-Fylde · Lancashire local authority: places and applications

Hambleton Primary Academy is part of Fylde Coast Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Blackpool Aspire Academy Blackpool
• Montgomery Academy Blackpool
• Westcliff Primary Academy Blackpool
• Unity Academy Blackpool Blackpool
• Westminster Primary Academy Blackpool
• Mereside Primary Academy Blackpool
• Blackpool Gateway Academy Blackpool
• Armfield Academy Blackpool
• Garstang Community Academy Preston

What is Hambleton Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hambleton Primary Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Hambleton Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Hambleton Primary Academy was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Hambleton Primary Academy have?

Hambleton Primary Academy has 247 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hambleton Primary Academy cover?

Hambleton Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Hambleton Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hambleton Primary Academy?

Hambleton Primary Academy is at Church Lane, Hambleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 9BZ.