Academy converter · Primary
Blackpool · FY4 1EE · Blackpool
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 141115
St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy
Academy sponsor led · Blackpool · FY4 2AU
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
245
Local authority
Blackpool
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 2–11, in Blackpool, Blackpool, 245 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 43.3%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Lancaster.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141115
Location
- Address
- Lightwood Avenue
- Postcode
- FY4 2AU
- Town
- Blackpool
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- District
- Blackpool
- Constituency
- Blackpool South
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 245
- Boys / girls
- 109 / 136
- School capacity
- 220
- Capacity fill
- 245 / 220 (111%)
- Free school meals
- 43.3%
- FSM pupils
- 84
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Lancaster
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Smith
- Telephone
- 01253403232
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-05-25
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 68%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0