Blackpool Aspire Academy
Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Blackpool · FY3 7LS · Blackpool
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 141257
St Mary's Catholic Academy
Academy converter · Blackpool · FY3 7EQ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,188
Local authority
Blackpool
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas 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 converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Blackpool, Blackpool, 1,188 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 35.2%. Religious character: Roman Catholic.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141257
Location
- Address
- St Walburga's Road
- Postcode
- FY3 7EQ
- Town
- Blackpool
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Blackpool
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
- 1,188
- Boys / girls
- 581 / 607
- School capacity
- 1,199
- Capacity fill
- 1,188 / 1,199 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 35.2%
- FSM pupils
- 373
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Telephone
- 01253396286