Blackpool’s best and worst performing high schools, according to latest GCSE Progress 8 scores
Sean Gleaves
Updated ·4-min read
Millfield Science & Performing Arts College achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.07 which is average for the Local Authority. The school was rated as 'good' by Ofsted in 2022. (Photo: Google)
Progress 8 figures, which give schools a positive or negative score, measure the progress that pupils make from Key Stage 2 in primary school right up to the end of their GCSEs in Key Stage 4.
It was introduced in 2016 as a fairer way to assess a school’s academic performance, rather than simply looking at raw grades and outcomes.
St. Mary’s Catholic Academy achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.75 which is below the Local Authority average. The school was rated as 'good' by Ofsted following an inspection in 2022. (Photo: Google)
A score above zero means pupils have achieved better results on average at their school than at other schools across England that got similar results at the end of Key Stage 2.
This means they have achieved an ‘above average’ score.
The figures show that one school in Blackpool received an ‘above average’ score.
13 schools recorded no Progress 8 scores.
Brookfield School achieved a Progress 8 score of --2.57 which is below the Local Authority average. Ofsted said the school was 'good' following an inspection in 2022. (Photo: Google)
These were Tower Learning Centre Independent School, Woodlands School, Lancashire Alternative Provision, Lotus School, Blackpool and the Fylde College, Poplar House School, Red Rose School, St Annes College Grammar School, Great Arley School, Red Marsh School, AKS Lytham and Rossall School.
They were not included in this list as a result.
Check out the results below:
Fleetwood High School achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.91 which is below the Local Authority average. Ofsted said the school was 'good' following an inspection in 2022. (Photo: Google)
Montgomery Academy achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.58 which is below the Local Authority average. Ofsted said the school 'required improvement' following an inspection in 2022. (Photo: Google)
South Shore Academy achieved a Progress 8 score of -1.91 which is below the Local Authority average. Ofsted said the school 'inadequate' following an inspection in 2023. (Photo: Google)
Baines School achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.79 which is below the Local Authority average. Ofsted said the school 'required improvement' following an inspection in 2019. (Photo: Google)
Park Community Academy achieved a Progress 8 score of -1.64 which is below the Local Authority average. Ofsted rated the school as 'outstanding' following an inspection in 2018. (Photo: Google)
Unity Academy Blackpool achieved a Progress 8 score of -1.27 which is below the Local Authority average. Ofsted said the school 'required improvement' following an inspection in 2022. (Photo: Google)
St George's School achieved a Progress 8 score of 0.33 which is above the Local Authority average. The school was rated as 'good' by Ofsted following an inspection in 2019. (Photo: Google)
Saint Bede's Catholic High School achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.11 which is average for the Local Authority. Ofsted rated the school as 'good' following an inspection in 2018. (Photo: Google)
Cardinal Allen Catholic High School achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.32 which is below the Local Authority average. Ofsted rated the school as 'good' in 2022. (Photo: Google)
Blackpool Aspire Academy achieved a Progress 8 score of -1.17 which is below the Local Authority average. The school was rated as 'good' by Ofsted following an inspection in 2018. (Photo: Google)
Armfield Academy achieved a Progress 8 score of -1.02 which is below the Local Authority average. The school was rated as 'good' by Ofsted following an inspection in 2023. (Photo: Google)
Highfield Leadership Academy achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.8 which is below the Local Authority average. Ofsted said the school 'required improvement' following an inspection in 2021. (Photo: Google)
Lytham St Annes High School achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.15 which is average for the Local Authority. Ofsted rated the school as 'good' in 2022. (Photo: Google)
Progress 8 scores have been published showing the academic progress achieved by pupils at the resort's schools (Photo: Contributed)
Hodgson Academy achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.05 which is average for the Local Authority. Ofsted rated the school as 'good' following an inspection in 2022. (Photo: Google)
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