Westcliff Primary Academy

Westcliff Primary Academy has demonstrated consistent performance, being rated as a good school during its most recent inspection. Pupils arrive eager to learn and consistently display positive behavior. The school features a robust curriculum that is deemed suitable for preparing students for future educational pursuits, with a strong emphasis on literacy from an early age. Leaders prioritize the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, and fostering a supportive learning environment. Although the school has notable strengths, a few areas for improvement remain, particularly in ensuring that teaching activities facilitate deeper learning in certain subjects.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Strong emphasis on the teaching of reading.
• Well-developed curriculum that revisits topics over time.
• Effective safeguarding measures in place.
• Pupils behave very well in lessons and during playtime.
• Enrichment activities support character development.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, activities may not effectively deepen pupils' learning.

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 Westcliff Primary Academy attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.0% 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 Westcliff 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 Westcliff Primary Academy had 24.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.2% 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, 8.9% of pupils at Westcliff 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 Westcliff Primary Academy received £7,002 and spent £7,365 for each of its 232 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £186,000 (£802 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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Westcliff Primary Academy is part of Fylde Coast Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Montgomery Academy Blackpool
• Unity Academy Blackpool Blackpool
• Blackpool Aspire Academy Blackpool
• Westminster Primary Academy Blackpool
• Blackpool Gateway Academy Blackpool
• Hambleton Primary Academy Poulton-Le-Fylde
• Mereside Primary Academy Blackpool
• Armfield Academy Blackpool
• Garstang Community Academy Preston

What is Westcliff Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westcliff Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Westcliff Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Westcliff Primary Academy was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Westcliff Primary Academy have?

Westcliff Primary Academy has 246 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westcliff Primary Academy cover?

Westcliff Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westcliff Primary Academy?

Westcliff Primary Academy is at Crawford Avenue, Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY2 9BY.