Academy converter · Primary
Blackpool · FY2 0AJ · Blackpool
Ages 5–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 137359
Westcliff Primary Academy
Academy converter · Blackpool · FY2 9BY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
246
Local authority
Blackpool
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- 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 (primary), Ages 2–11, in Blackpool, Blackpool, 246 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 23.5%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137359
Location
- Address
- Crawford Avenue, Bispham
- Postcode
- FY2 9BY
- Town
- Blackpool
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- District
- Blackpool
- Constituency
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood
- 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
- 246
- Boys / girls
- 132 / 114
- School capacity
- 236
- Capacity fill
- 246 / 236 (104%)
- Free school meals
- 23.5%
- FSM pupils
- 53
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: FYLDE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- FYLDE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Fylde Coast Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natalie Vanderwal
- Telephone
- 01253353792
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
2023-02-08
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)
- 93%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 27%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0