SCHOOL PROFILE
Armfield Academy: data, trends and context
Armfield Academy is a all-through school in Blackpool. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.
School identity
URN
145863
Phase
All-through
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Blackpool
Region
North West
Trust
FYLDE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
FY4 1TL
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website
Pupil and community context
Pupils on roll
1,221
FSM eligible
39.4%
EAL / First language other than English
5.5%
SEND (total)
14.1%
SEN Support
10.2%
EHCP
3.9%
White British
88.2%
Attendance and absence (2024/25)
Attendance rate
91.2%
Overall absence
8.8%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Severe absence
3.9%
Current benchmarks
No current DfE attendance benchmark is published for this school’s phase and local authority, so no comparison is shown.
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
Suspension rate
16.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.41%
Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)
Attainment 8
35.6
English & maths grade 5+
19.7%
English & maths grade 4+
44.7%
Historical trends
Historical trends
School trends over time
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Data sources and last updated
- Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
- Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
- Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
- For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
- Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.
Contextual comparison
See Armfield Academy against 25 similar schools
Armfield Academy is a all-through school in Blackpool. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.