St Mary's Catholic Academy

Term dates

We haven't checked Blackpool's term dates yet. See the school's website.

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 245 families put this school as their first choice, and 204 places were offered. 192 of the families who put it first got a place (78%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 16 June 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Needs attention

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Sixth form

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 10 May 2022. Overall: Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1188 (capacity 1199)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Lancaster

Academy trust

THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01253396286

Address

St Walburga's Road, Blackpool, FY3 7EQ

Website

st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports