Highfurlong School
Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, FY3 7LS
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Highfurlong School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Neill Oldham
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Blackpool North and Cleveleys
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 103
- URN
- 119868
- Local authority
- Blackpool
About this school
Highfurlong School was a community special school in Blackpool. It taught children aged 2 to 19 and had 103 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Highfurlong School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - |
| Reading progress | -6.40 | - |
| Writing progress | -5.70 | - |
| Maths progress | -6.60 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 14 | 7 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - |
Trends over time
How Highfurlong School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Blackpool average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 51.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 50.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 52.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 103 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 64%
- English as an additional language
- 6.8%
- Overall absence
- 14.9%
- Persistent absence
- 44.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Highfurlong School0.0 miles
Academies · Blackpool
-
Norman House Independent School0.2 miles
Special schools · Blackpool
-
Lancashire Alternative Provision0.4 miles
Independent schools · Blackpool
-
McKee College House1.4 miles
Academies · Poulton
-
Tower Learning Centre Independent School1.6 miles
Independent schools
Other schools in Blackpool
- Blackpool Skills Academy Special schools
- Educational Diversity Academies
- Highfurlong School Academies
- Norman House Independent School Special schools
- Park Community Academy Academies
- The Maple School Free Schools
- Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School Special schools
- Woodlands School Special schools
- Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary
- Blackpool Gateway Academy Primary
- Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Highfurlong School teach?
- Highfurlong School taught children aged 2 to 19. It was a special school in Blackpool.
- Has Highfurlong School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Highfurlong School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Highfurlong School?
- Highfurlong School had 103 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- How have Highfurlong School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Highfurlong School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Highfurlong School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 9 July 2024.