Christ The King Catholic Academy

Primary Ages 3-11 240 pupils Blackpool
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Christ The King Catholic Academy is an academy converter in Blackpool for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 240 pupils on roll. In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Rodwell Walk
Grange Park
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY3 7FG
Phone 01253395985
Reference Number 141288

General Makeup

Number of pupils 240
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.58%
Girls: 50.42%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 35.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 30.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 31.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 20 10 30
2 15 15 30
3 15 15 30
4 13 18 31
5 15 16 31
6 15 18 33

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 58.3%
White, Other 15%
Indian 10.4%
Asian, Other 6.3%
African 3.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.9%
White & Asian 1.3%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Mixed, Other 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 06 Dec 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
06 Dec 2022 School inspection
16 May 2017 Short inspection
01 Sep 2014 Academy conversion letter
03 Oct 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as Christ The King Catholic Primary School
16 Nov 2011 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
23 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
25 Nov 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 52%
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 105
Maths 103

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 0.6
Writing 0.3
Maths 1.4

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 2
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 4 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Christ The King Catholic Academy had 217 pupils for 210 places. That is 7 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Blackpool Central Locality Primary” planning area

Blackpool counted 677 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 602 in 2029–30, down 11%.

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210210210210210
Pupils 191197195201211211214212218217
Unfilled 9.0%6.2%7.1%4.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Christ The King Catholic Academy attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.7%2.4%2.9%2.5%2.7%1.7%4.9%5.0%4.4%3.6%
Unauthorised absence 2.0%1.1%0.6%1.0%0.9%0.9%1.3%0.9%1.6%1.3%
Severely absent pupils 4.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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, 1.2% of pupils at Christ The King Catholic Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.02.1
Permanent exclusions 00000000000

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 Christ The King Catholic Academy had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.19.49.18.49.79.69.910.910.29.59.29.4
Teachers who left state teaching 1.5%0.0%9.7%7.1%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%9.2%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –33.3%35.3%30.8%40.0%–53.8%30.8%41.7%25.0%33.3%–
Sick days per teacher –6.61.30.41.2–2.60.51.81.66.2–

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, 14.2% of pupils at Christ The King Catholic Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 26 5
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 5
Other difficulty or disability 2 1
Hearing impairment 1 1
Social, emotional and mental health 1 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 1

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 Christ The King Catholic Academy received £8,164 and spent £8,240 for each of its 232 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £499,000 (£2,155 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,639 and spending £7,702 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £401,000£165,000£458,000£542,000£488,000£511,000£499,000
per pupil £1,722£710£1,995£2,370£2,189£2,183£2,155
In-year balance £101,000-£5,733,000£10,000£107,000-£42,000£27,000-£18,000
per pupil £433-£24,713£46£468-£190£114-£76

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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1.9 miles
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0.05 miles
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Blackpool Aspire Academy
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0.69 miles
Highfurlong School
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0.69 miles
Norman House Independent School
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0.82 miles
The Blackpool Sixth Form College
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Unity Academy Blackpool
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0.97 miles
Woodlands School
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1.15 miles
Park Community Academy
158 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 9HF
1.18 miles
Baines School
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1.23 miles
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1.45 miles
The Maple School
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1.94 miles
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2.06 miles
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2.37 miles
Brookfield School
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Highfield Leadership Academy
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How many pupils does Christ The King Catholic Academy have?

Christ The King Catholic Academy has 240 pupils on roll.

What age range does Christ The King Catholic Academy cover?

Christ The King Catholic Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Christ The King Catholic Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Christ The King Catholic Academy?

Christ The King Catholic Academy is at Rodwell Walk, Grange Park, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7FG.

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