Schools and Education in South Shore

There are 83 schools within 5 miles of South Shore town centre, including 40 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 88% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Thames Children's Centre, Park Community Academy and Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School. A further 6 schools are rated below Good, so checking individual Ofsted reports is recommended.

Total Schools
83
Primary
40
Secondary
9
Good / Outstanding
88%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

10
34
6
Outstanding (10) Good (34) Requires Improvement (6) Not yet inspected (33)
Thames Children's Centre 0.2 miles Severn Road, Thames Road, Blackpool, FY4 1EE Inspected: 21 December 2010 Park Community Academy 1.6 miles Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9HF Inspected: 22 November 2023 Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School Primary 2 miles School Road, Marton Moss, Blackpool, FY4 5DS Inspected: 16 November 2022 Talbot and Brunswick Children's Centre 2 miles Gorton Street, Gorton Street, Blackpool, FY1 3JW Inspected: 03 March 2011 Mereside Children's Centre 2.3 miles Langdale Road, Langdale Road, Blackpool, FY4 4RR Inspected: 03 May 2011 Grange Park Children's Centre 2.9 miles Dingle Avenue, 31 Dingle Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 7NX Inspected: 10 February 2012 Layton Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Meyler Avenue, Layton, Blackpool, FY3 7DX Inspected: 26 September 2024 Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Berwick Road, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1LB Inspected: 22 May 2023 St Cuthbert's Children's Centre 4.2 miles Cherrydale, Lightwood Avenue, Blackpool, FY2 0AJ Inspected: 09 November 2011 Lytham Hall Park Primary School Primary 5 miles South Park, Lytham, Lytham St Annes, FY8 4QU Inspected: 24 November 2021
Armfield Academy All-through 0.4 miles Lytham Road, Blackpool, FY4 1TL Inspected: 29 March 2023 St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy Primary 0.6 miles Lightwood Avenue, Blackpool, FY4 2AU Inspected: 26 May 2023 Blackpool Gateway Academy Primary 0.8 miles Seymour Road, Blackpool, FY1 6JH Inspected: 13 July 2022 BFC School 0.9 miles Seasiders Way, Blackpool, FY1 6JJ Inspected: 13 January 2025 Hawes Side Academy Primary 1.1 miles Johnsville Avenue, Blackpool, FY4 3LN Inspected: 22 March 2022 Revoe Learning Academy Primary 1.1 miles Levens Grove, Blackpool, FY1 5HP Inspected: 23 September 2024 Baines Children's Centre 1.4 miles Penrose Avenue, Penrose Avenue, Blackpool, FY4 4DJ Inspected: 11 October 2012 Marton Primary Academy and Nursery Primary 1.5 miles Whernside, Off Highfield Road, Blackpool, FY4 5LY Inspected: 26 June 2023 Woodlands School 1.6 miles Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9HF Inspected: 11 October 2024 St George's School A Church of England Academy Secondary 1.7 miles Cherry Tree Road, Marton, Blackpool, FY4 4PH Inspected: 01 April 2025 Tower Learning Centre Independent School 1.9 miles Church Street, Blackpool, FY1 3QE Inspected: 24 September 2025 Westminster Children's Centre 2.6 miles Westminster Road, Westminster Road, Blackpool, FY1 2QE Inspected: 11 October 2012 Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School Primary 2.6 miles St Leonard's Road East, Lytham St Annes, FY8 2HQ Inspected: 03 March 2022 St Mary's Catholic Academy Secondary 2.7 miles Saint Walburga's Road, Blackpool, FY3 7EQ Inspected: 30 June 2022 Poplar House School 3 miles Bollin Street, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1UR Inspected: 10 September 2025 Unity College Blackpool Children's Centre 3 miles Warbreck Hill Road, Warbreck Hill, Blackpool, FY2 0TS Inspected: 02 December 2011 Oak Tree Children's Centre 3.1 miles Back St David's Road South, Sydney Street, Fylde, FY8 1TR Inspected: 26 July 2012 Staining Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Staining Road, Staining, Blackpool, FY3 0BW Inspected: 27 November 2023 Lancashire Alternative Provision 3.3 miles Mowbray Drive, Blackpool, FY3 7UN Inspected: 21 September 2023 St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Primary 3.3 miles St Thomas' Road, St Anne's, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1JN Inspected: 12 May 2025 The Blackpool Sixth Form College 16 plus 3.5 miles Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, FY3 7LR Inspected: 24 June 2025 Clifton Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Clitheroe Road, Ansdell, Lytham St Annes, FY8 3PY Inspected: 18 September 2024 Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Bispham Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0HH Inspected: 22 September 2021 Ansdell Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Lansdowne Road, Ansdell, Lytham St Annes, FY8 4DR Inspected: 08 December 2023 Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Carr Head Lane, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 8JB Inspected: 21 September 2022 Montgomery Academy Secondary 4.4 miles All Hallows Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0AZ Inspected: 15 July 2024 Westcliff Primary Academy Primary 4.4 miles Crawford Avenue, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 9BY Inspected: 09 February 2023 Poulton-le-Fylde St Chad's CofE Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Hardhorn Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7SR Inspected: 08 April 2022 Kincraig Children's Centre 4.6 miles Kincraig Road, Kincraig Road, Blackpool, FY2 0HN Inspected: 20 December 2012 Kincraig Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Kincraig Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0HN Inspected: 21 September 2022 Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Bispham Road, Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7PE Inspected: 29 March 2023 Blackpool and the Fylde College 16 plus 4.7 miles Ashfield Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0HB Inspected: 18 March 2025 Hodgson Academy Secondary 4.9 miles Moorland Road, Poulton-Le-Fylde, FY6 7EU Inspected: 31 January 2023 Carleton Green Community Primary School Primary 5 miles Arundel Drive, Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7TF Inspected: 26 March 2024
Waterloo Primary Academy Primary 1 miles Waterloo Road, Blackpool, FY4 3AG Inspected: 15 January 2024 Revoe Children's Centre 1.1 miles Levens Grove, Grasmere Road, Blackpool, FY1 5HP Inspected: 16 April 2014 Highfield Leadership Academy Secondary 1.2 miles Highfield Road, Blackpool, FY4 3JZ Inspected: 03 December 2025 Red Rose School 3 miles North Promenade, St Annes on Sea, Lytham St Annes, FY8 2NQ Inspected: 25 April 2024 St Anne's College Grammar School 3.3 miles Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1HN Inspected: 14 January 2025 Blackpool Aspire Academy Secondary 3.5 miles Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, FY3 7LS Inspected: 10 July 2024
Thames Primary Academy Primary 0.2 miles Severn Road, Blackpool, FY4 1EE Inspected: 30 January 2024 South Shore Academy Secondary 0.6 miles Hemingway, Blackpool, FY4 2AR Highfield Children's Centre 0.7 miles Highfield Road, 120 Highfield Road, Blackpool, FY4 2JF Roseacre Primary Academy Primary 0.9 miles Stonycroft Avenue, Blackpool, FY4 2PF St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool Primary 1.4 miles Glastonbury Avenue, Blackpool, FY1 6RD Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy Primary 1.4 miles Penrose Avenue, Marton, Blackpool, FY4 4DJ Educational Diversity 1.5 miles Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9JW Blackpool Skills Academy 1.5 miles Back Read's Road, Blackpool, FY1 4QL Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool Primary 1.5 miles Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool, FY4 5DF The Together Centre 1.6 miles Whitegate Drive, Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9HF Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Church Street, Blackpool, FY1 3NX St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School Primary 2 miles Newton Drive, Blackpool, FY3 8BT Stanley Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Wordsworth Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 9UT Devonshire Primary Academy Primary 2.1 miles Caunce Street, Blackpool, FY3 8AF Mereside Primary Academy Primary 2.3 miles Langdale Road, Blackpool, FY4 4RR The Maple School 2.3 miles Langdale Road, Blackpool, FY4 4RR Westminster Primary Academy Primary 2.6 miles Westminster Road, Blackpool, FY1 2QE Layton Children's Centre 2.6 miles Grenfell Avenue, 5 Grenfell Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 7BP Christ The King Catholic Academy Primary 2.8 miles Bathurst Avenue, Grange Park, Blackpool, FY3 7FG Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Seacrest Avenue, Blackpool, FY1 2SD Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Clarendon Road North, St Anne's, Lytham St Annes, FY8 3EE Boundary Primary School Primary 3 miles Dinmore Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 7RW Unity Academy Blackpool All-through 3 miles Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool, FY2 0TS Highfurlong School 3.5 miles Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, FY3 7LS Norman House Independent School 3.5 miles Robson Way, Robson Way, Blackpool, FY3 7PP Lytham St Annes High School Secondary 3.8 miles Albany Road, Lytham St. Annes, FY8 4GW Moor Park Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Moor Park Avenue, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0LY Baines School Secondary 3.9 miles Highcross Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 8BE Inspected: 05 December 2023 AKS Lytham 4.1 miles Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1DT St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Cherrydale, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0AJ McKee College House 4.8 miles Breck Road, Poulton, FY6 7AQ Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Church Road, Weeton, Preston, PR4 3WD Poulton le Fylde Children's Centre 5 miles Arundel Drive, Arundel Drive, Poulton le Fylde, FY6 7TF