Blackpool Gateway Academy
Seymour Road, Blackpool, FY1 6JH
287 pupils · 68% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- FYLDE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Free school meals
- 69.4%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 2 June 2026, published 8 July 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 44% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 4% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 30 | 44 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 27 | 26 | 42 | 27 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 31 | 40 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 18 | 18 | 40 | 18 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 17 | 16 | 30 | 17 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 28 | 26 | 38 | 27 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 28 | 47 | 29 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 42 | 39 | 69 | 40 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Revoe Learning Academy 0.6 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Waterloo Primary Academy 0.8 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Thames Primary Academy 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool 1.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy 1.6 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.