St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 2-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Lightwood Avenue
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4 2AU
Phone 01253403232
Reference Number 141115

St Cuthbert’s Catholic Academy continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils display a strong sense of community and are well-supported by leaders who prioritize their safety and well-being. The academy excels in creating a positive environment where pupils demonstrate pride in their work and show good behaviors, contributing to effective learning experiences. Teachers implement an ambitious curriculum that prepares students well for subsequent educational phases, particularly in foundational areas such as early reading and mathematics.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 248
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 43.95%
Girls: 56.05%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 33.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 21%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 10 20 30
2 11 16 27
3 14 16 30
4 14 14 28
5 17 15 32
6 12 17 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 63.3%
White, Other 13.7%
African 10.1%
Asian, Other 4.4%
Indian 2%
White & Asian 1.6%
Pakistani 1.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.8%
Mixed, Other 0.8%
Caribbean 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 21 Mar 2023
Date Report
21 Mar 2023 School inspection
11 Jul 2017 Full inspection:

Strengths

  • Pupils display strong caring attitudes towards one another and the school.
  • The school environment promotes safety, respect, and responsibility.
  • Leaders maintain high expectations for work and behavior.
  • Pupils enjoy a wide range of extracurricular activities that enrich their development.
  • There is effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
  • Leaders have developed an engaging curriculum that supports deep knowledge acquisition.

Areas for Improvement

  • Some curricular subjects lack clarity on the subject-specific vocabulary to be taught.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 66%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 102

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.1
Writing -0.3
Maths 3

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 8 2
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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