Stanley Primary School
Wordsworth Avenue, Blackpool, FY3 9UT
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Stanley Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jane Murphy
- Constituency
- Blackpool South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 572
- URN
- 131070
- Local authority
- Blackpool
About this school
Stanley Primary School was a community primary school in Blackpool. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 572 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Stanley Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2006, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 86 | 86 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - |
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.
Trends over time
How Stanley Primary 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 | 57% | 51.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 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 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 563 |
| 2023/24 | 572 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Stanley Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.6% | 27.3% | 572 | — |
| Stanley Primary School | 54% | 5% | 25.5% | 605 | 0.0 miles |
| Mereside Primary Academy | 18% | 7.4% | 71.4% | 266 | 0.3 miles |
| Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy | 65% | 6.3% | 42.3% | 499 | 0.7 miles |
| St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool | 80% | 4.6% | 24.2% | 451 | 0.8 miles |
| Marton Primary Academy and Nursery | 59% | 6.2% | 43.4% | 312 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.3%
- English as an additional language
- 4.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.6%
- Persistent absence
- 17.1%
Location
Nearby schools
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Stanley Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Blackpool
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Mereside Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Blackpool
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Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Blackpool
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St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool0.8 miles
Primary · Blackpool
-
Marton Primary Academy and Nursery1.0 miles
Primary · Blackpool
Other schools in Blackpool
- 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
- Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School Primary
- Boundary Primary School Primary
- Christ The King Catholic Academy Primary
- Devonshire Primary Academy Primary
- Hawes Side Academy Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Kincraig Primary School Primary
- Layton Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Stanley Primary School teach?
- Stanley Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Blackpool.
- Has Stanley Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Stanley Primary 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 many pupils are at Stanley Primary School?
- Stanley Primary School had 572 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Stanley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Stanley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Stanley Primary 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 10 July 2024.