Schools and Education in Thornton

There are 85 schools within 5 miles of Thornton town centre, including 45 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 94% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School, St Cuthbert's Children's Centre and Layton Primary School. There are 3 schools rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
85
Primary
45
Secondary
9
Good / Outstanding
94%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

7
40
Outstanding (7) Good (40) Requires Improvement (3) Not yet inspected (35)
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School 0.5 miles Holly Road, Blackpool, FY5 4HH Inspected: 15 May 2024 St Cuthbert's Children's Centre 2.3 miles Cherrydale, Lightwood Avenue, Blackpool, FY2 0AJ Inspected: 09 November 2011 Layton Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Meyler Avenue, Layton, Blackpool, FY3 7DX Inspected: 26 September 2024 Grange Park Children's Centre 3.3 miles Dingle Avenue, 31 Dingle Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 7NX Inspected: 10 February 2012 West View Children's Centre 3.3 miles Rothwell Drive, Fleetwood, FY7 8FF Inspected: 04 December 2012 Talbot and Brunswick Children's Centre 4.1 miles Gorton Street, Gorton Street, Blackpool, FY1 3JW Inspected: 03 March 2011 Park Community Academy 4.6 miles Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9HF Inspected: 22 November 2023
Thornton Children's Centre 0.2 miles Station Road, Thornton Cleveleys, FY5 5HY Inspected: 04 October 2012 Great Arley School 0.5 miles Holly Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 4HH Inspected: 15 May 2024 Millfield Science & Performing Arts College Secondary 0.5 miles Belvedere Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 5DG Inspected: 26 September 2022 Thornton Primary School Primary 0.7 miles Heys Street, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 4JP Inspected: 27 April 2023 Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School Primary 0.8 miles Marsh Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 2TY Inspected: 29 January 2025 Carleton Green Community Primary School Primary 1.2 miles Arundel Drive, Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7TF Inspected: 26 March 2024 Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary School Primary 1.5 miles Bispham Road, Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7PE Inspected: 29 March 2023 Northfold Community Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Ringway, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 2NL Inspected: 10 June 2024 Brookfield School 1.6 miles Fouldrey Avenue, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7HE Inspected: 23 May 2022 Blackpool and the Fylde College 16 plus 1.6 miles Ashfield Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0HB Inspected: 18 March 2025 Kincraig Children's Centre 1.6 miles Kincraig Road, Kincraig Road, Blackpool, FY2 0HN Inspected: 20 December 2012 Kincraig Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Kincraig Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0HN Inspected: 21 September 2022 Hodgson Academy Secondary 1.8 miles Moorland Road, Poulton-Le-Fylde, FY6 7EU Inspected: 31 January 2023 Thornton Cleveleys Manor Beach Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Manor Drive, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 1EU Inspected: 11 September 2024 Norbreck Primary Academy Primary 2 miles Norbreck Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 1PD Inspected: 14 May 2025 Poulton-le-Fylde St Chad's CofE Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Hardhorn Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7SR Inspected: 08 April 2022 Montgomery Academy Secondary 2.1 miles All Hallows Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0AZ Inspected: 15 July 2024 Westcliff Primary Academy Primary 2.2 miles Crawford Avenue, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 9BY Inspected: 09 February 2023 Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Carr Head Lane, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 8JB Inspected: 21 September 2022 Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Bispham Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0HH Inspected: 22 September 2021 Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood Secondary 2.6 miles Melbourne Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 8AY Inspected: 29 April 2022 Stalmine Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Mill Lane, Stalmine, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 0LR Inspected: 15 March 2023 Larkholme Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Windermere Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 8QB Inspected: 26 November 2024 The Blackpool Sixth Form College 16 plus 2.7 miles Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, FY3 7LR Inspected: 24 June 2025 Lancashire Alternative Provision 2.9 miles Mowbray Drive, Blackpool, FY3 7UN Inspected: 21 September 2023 Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Northfleet Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 7ND Inspected: 22 May 2024 Fleetwood High School Secondary 3 miles Toronto Avenue, FLEETWOOD, FY7 8HE Inspected: 21 September 2022 Unity College Blackpool Children's Centre 3.2 miles Warbreck Hill Road, Warbreck Hill, Blackpool, FY2 0TS Inspected: 02 December 2011 Preesall Fleetwood's Charity Church of England Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Mill Street, Preesall, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 0NN Inspected: 28 November 2023 Saint Aidan's Church of England High School Secondary 3.3 miles Cart Gate, Preesall, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 0NP Inspected: 27 July 2023 Sure Start Fleetwood Children's Centre 3.3 miles Kemp Street, Fleetwood, FY7 6JX Inspected: 23 December 2010 Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Chaucer Road, Fleetwood, FY7 6QN Inspected: 23 January 2024 St Mary's Catholic Academy Secondary 3.4 miles Saint Walburga's Road, Blackpool, FY3 7EQ Inspected: 30 June 2022 Singleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Church Road, Singleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 8LN Inspected: 25 April 2024 Westminster Children's Centre 3.7 miles Westminster Road, Westminster Road, Blackpool, FY1 2QE Inspected: 11 October 2012 Staining Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Staining Road, Staining, Blackpool, FY3 0BW Inspected: 27 November 2023 Tower Learning Centre Independent School 4.2 miles Church Street, Blackpool, FY1 3QE Inspected: 24 September 2025 Weeton Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Minden Road, Weeton, Preston, PR4 3HX Inspected: 15 March 2024 Woodlands School 4.6 miles Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9HF Inspected: 11 October 2024 Springfield House School 4.9 miles Wheel Lane, Pilling, Preston, PR3 6HL Inspected: 17 September 2025
Blackpool Aspire Academy Secondary 2.7 miles Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, FY3 7LS Inspected: 10 July 2024 Charles Saer Community Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Grange Road, Fleetwood, FY7 8DD Inspected: 21 September 2023 Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Preesall Primary 4.5 miles Pilling Lane, Preesall, Poulton-Le-Fylde, FY6 0HH Inspected: 15 June 2023
Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 0.2 miles Station Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 5HY Stanah Primary School Primary 0.3 miles Lambs Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 5JR Inspected: 08 May 2024 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys Primary 0.6 miles Heys Street, Thornton, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 4HL Poulton le Fylde Children's Centre 1.2 miles Arundel Drive, Arundel Drive, Poulton le Fylde, FY6 7TF Anchorsholme Primary Academy Primary 1.3 miles Eastpines Drive, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 3RX Poulton-le-Fylde the Breck Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Fouldrey Avenue, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7HE St John's Catholic Primary School, Poulton-Le-Fylde Primary 1.6 miles Breck Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7HT St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primary 1.7 miles St George's Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 3JW McKee College House 1.8 miles Breck Road, Poulton, FY6 7AQ Cleveleys Children's Centre 1.8 miles Fairhurst Court, Thornton Cleveleys, FY5 1EE Hambleton Primary Academy Primary 2 miles Church Lane, Hambleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 9BZ St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Cherrydale, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0AJ Rossall School 2.3 miles Broadway, Fleetwood, FY7 8JW Moor Park Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Moor Park Avenue, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0LY Norman House Independent School 2.6 miles Robson Way, Robson Way, Blackpool, FY3 7PP Baines School Secondary 2.6 miles Highcross Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 8BE Inspected: 05 December 2023 Highfurlong School 2.7 miles Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, FY3 7LS Unity Academy Blackpool All-through 3.2 miles Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool, FY2 0TS Boundary Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Dinmore Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 7RW St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy Primary 3.4 miles Poulton Road, Fleetwood, FY7 7JY Shakespeare Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Manor Road, Fleetwood, FY7 7LL Christ The King Catholic Academy Primary 3.4 miles Bathurst Avenue, Grange Park, Blackpool, FY3 7FG Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Seacrest Avenue, Blackpool, FY1 2SD Layton Children's Centre 3.5 miles Grenfell Avenue, 5 Grenfell Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 7BP St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood Primary 3.5 miles Hesketh Place, Fleetwood, FY7 6EU Westminster Primary Academy Primary 3.7 miles Westminster Road, Blackpool, FY1 2QE Devonshire Primary Academy Primary 4 miles Caunce Street, Blackpool, FY3 8AF St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Newton Drive, Blackpool, FY3 8BT Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Church Street, Blackpool, FY1 3NX Weeton Children's Centre 4.4 miles Anzio Road, Weeton, PR4 3JQ The Together Centre 4.6 miles Whitegate Drive, Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9HF Blackpool Skills Academy 4.7 miles Back Read's Road, Blackpool, FY1 4QL Stanley Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Wordsworth Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 9UT Educational Diversity 4.9 miles Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9JW St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool Primary 5 miles Glastonbury Avenue, Blackpool, FY1 6RD