Lotus School
Langdale Road, Blackpool, FY4 4RR
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by The Maple School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 10 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Ms Melissa Barker
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Blackpool South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 48
- Pupils on roll
- 50
- URN
- 147845
- Local authority
- Blackpool
About this school
Lotus School was a special academy in Blackpool. It taught children aged 10 to 16 and had 50 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Lotus School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2020, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 8 |
| 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 Lotus 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 43.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40 |
| 2023/24 | 50 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 90%
- English as an additional language
- 2%
- Overall absence
- 43.2%
- Persistent absence
- 81.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Maple School0.3 miles
Free Schools · Blackpool
-
Spen Brook School1.2 miles
Special schools
-
Educational Diversity1.2 miles
Academies · Blackpool
-
Park Community Academy1.5 miles
Academies · Blackpool
-
Woodlands School1.5 miles
Special schools · Blackpool
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 Lotus School teach?
- Lotus School taught children aged 10 to 16. It was a special school in Blackpool.
- Has Lotus School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Lotus 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 Lotus School?
- Lotus School had 50 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 10 to 16.
- What are Lotus School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lotus 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 31 August 2024.