Secondary school

South Shore Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Blackpool
  • FY4 2AR
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Inadequate · inspected Jun 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,272 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 100%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 87%87%2016/17: top 78%78% · 2016/172017/18: top 100%2018/19: top 100%2021/22: top 100%2022/23: top 100%2023/24: top 100%2024/25: top 100%No exams

Against North West

Attainment 826.3 · North West 44.41/10 Well below North West
Grade 5+ English and maths17.2% · North West 40%1/10 Well below North West
EBacc point score2.04 · North West 3.821/10 Well below North West
Progress 8 · 2023/24-1.64 · North West −0.161/10 Well below North West
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 43.4 · 151 pupils · North West 49.62016/17: 41 · 141 pupils · North West 45.42017/18: 27.3 · 127 pupils · North West 45.052018/19: 21.9 · 156 pupils · North West 45.12021/22: 25 · 126 pupils · North West 46.92022/23: 21.6 · 141 pupils · North West 44.32023/24: 22.8 · 158 pupils · North West 442024/25: 26.3 · 134 pupils · North West 44.443.421.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 24% · 141 pupils · North West 37%2017/18: 5% · 127 pupils · North West 38%2018/19: 3% · 156 pupils · North West 38%2021/22: 9% · 126 pupils · North West 45%2022/23: 11% · 141 pupils · North West 39%2023/24: 8.9% · 158 pupils · North West 39.7%2024/25: 17.2% · 134 pupils · North West 40%24%3%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
77 of 77 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st7777
2nd4315
3rd313

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2016–2024

  1. 2016Ungraded visitas predecessor
  2. 2016Ungraded visitas predecessor
  3. 2017Ungraded visitas predecessor
  4. 2017Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2019Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2022Ungraded visitas predecessor
  7. 2023Inadequateas predecessor
  8. 2024Ungraded visitas predecessor

0 strong areas

4 weak areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026550
Free school meals (past 6 years)63.5%
First language not English18.1%
SEN support24.1%
EHC plan1.9%
Absence (sessions missed)12.6%
Persistently absent pupils40.9%

Girls 45%Boys 55%

55.8% full · 985 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.7
Pupils per adult12.5
  • Classroom teachers 24.4
  • Leadership 5
  • Teaching assistants 9.1
  • Other support 8.3

Teachers 29.4 FTE · Whole workforce 46.8 · 49 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 11 months.

  • −£317,000revenue reserve
  • +£5,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED (15 academies) · trust reserve £2,745,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

158 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained75.9%
  • Education72.2%
  • Apprenticeship1.9%
  • Employment1.9%
  • Not sustained12%
  • Unknown12%