South Shore Academy is a secondary school located in Blackpool. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 22/03/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 11.8%, which is 7.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: St Anne's Road, Blackpool, FY4 2AR
Website: http://southshoreacademy.co.uk/
Telephone: 01253336500
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Blackpool
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Neil Reynolds
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 140021

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 22/03/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 985
Number of Pupils: 750
Number of Boys: 396
Number of Girls: 354

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 11.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 38.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -1.54 Confidence interval -1.75 to -1.33
Of the 156 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 145 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:8%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:81%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:3%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:21.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:1.65
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy
Lightwood Avenue , FY4 2AU 		3out of 4 184 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Waterloo Primary Academy
Waterloo Road , FY4 3AG 		3out of 4 748 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Thames Primary Academy
Severn Road , FY4 1EE 		3out of 4 768 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Blackpool Gateway Academy
Seymour Road , FY1 6JH 		2out of 4 938 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Hawes Side Academy
Johnsville Avenue , FY4 3LN 		3out of 4 981 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
South Shore Academy
St Anne's Road , FY4 2AR 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Highfield Leadership Academy
Highfield Road , FY4 3JZ 		1out of 4 1,384 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St George's School A Church of England Academy
Cherry Tree Road , Marton FY4 4PH 		3out of 4 2,005 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Armfield Academy
488 Lytham Road , FY4 1TL 		- not rated 884 yd Free schools Yes Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Educational Diversity
278a Whitegate Drive , FY3 9JW 		3out of 4 1,616 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Park Community Academy
158 Whitegate Drive , FY3 9HF 		4out of 4 2,074 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Woodlands School
Whitegate Drive , FY3 9HF 		3out of 4 2,122 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Tower Learning Centre
316 Church Street , FY1 3QE 		- not rated 2,767 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Lotus School
Langdale Road , FY4 4RR 		- not rated 2,973 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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