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Stanley Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 605 pupils Blackpool
Ofsted: Good
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Stanley Primary School is an academy converter in Blackpool for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 605 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Stanley Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023 of its predecessor, Stanley Primary School. In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: April 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Wordsworth Avenue
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY3 9UT
Phone 01253761022
Reference Number 150594

General Makeup

Number of pupils 605
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.74%
Girls: 49.26%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 38 47 85
2 43 42 85
3 45 43 88
4 43 39 82
5 40 39 79
6 39 50 89

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 87.1%
Mixed, Other 2.3%
Indian 2%
African 2%
White, Other 1.7%
White & Asian 1.3%
Asian, Other 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Stanley Primary School, inspected in November 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Apr 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 54%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2%

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 103
Maths 108
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 25 2
Third Preference 22 0
From another Local Authority 5 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Stanley Primary School had 593 pupils for 638 places. 45 places (7.1%) were unfilled.

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%.

20242025
Places 638638
Pupils 580593
Unfilled 9.1%7.1%

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 Stanley Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 2.1%
Unauthorised absence 3.0%
Severely absent pupils 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, 1.4% of pupils at Stanley Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.6
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Stanley Primary School had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 12.411.6
Teachers who left state teaching 5.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 71.0%–
Sick days per teacher 8.7–

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, 12.6% of pupils at Stanley Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 16 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 34 3
Speech, language and communication needs 19 13
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 10
Social, emotional and mental health 8 4
Specific learning difficulty 8 0
Hearing impairment 3 1
Severe learning difficulty 0 1
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Stanley Primary School received £6,507 and spent £6,627 for each of its 584 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £125,000 (£213 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Synergy Education Trust Limited, income was £9,137 and spending £8,966 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £125,000
per pupil £213
In-year balance -£70,000
per pupil -£120

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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Hawes Side Academy
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1.3 miles
Revoe Learning Academy
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1.68 miles
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Thames Primary Academy
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1.92 miles
Name Distance
The Maple School
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0.28 miles
St George's School A Church of England Academy
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0.52 miles
Park Community Academy
158 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 9HF
1.06 miles
Woodlands School
Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 9HF
1.09 miles
Spen Brook School
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1.09 miles
Highfield Leadership Academy
Highfield Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 3JZ
1.42 miles
South Shore Academy
St Annes Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 2AR
1.54 miles
St Mary's Catholic Academy
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1.63 miles
Blackpool Skills Academy
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1.71 miles
Armfield Academy
488 Lytham Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 1TL
1.9 miles
Blackpool Aspire Academy
Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7LS
2.26 miles
Highfurlong School
Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7LS
2.27 miles
Baines School
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2.29 miles
Lancashire Alternative Provision
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2.3 miles
Norman House Independent School
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2.44 miles
The Blackpool Sixth Form College
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Unity Academy Blackpool
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2.51 miles
Hodgson Academy
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3.2 miles
Poplar House School
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3.51 miles
Brookfield School
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Stanley Primary School is part of Synergy Education Trust Limited, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

What is Stanley Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stanley Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023 of its predecessor, Stanley Primary School.

When was Stanley Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stanley Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Stanley Primary School have?

Stanley Primary School has 605 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stanley Primary School cover?

Stanley Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Stanley Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stanley Primary School?

Stanley Primary School is at Wordsworth Avenue, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 9UT.

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