Anchorsholme Primary Academy
Eastpines Drive, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 3RX
595 pupils · 94% of 630 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- THE SEA VIEW TRUST
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Free school meals
- 17.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 January 2025, published 4 February 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 53% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 7% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 62 | 59 | 116 | 61 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 74 | 68 | 139 | 74 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 81 | 80 | 169 | 81 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 91 | 89 | 156 | 91 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 86 | 95 | 161 | 86 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 90 | 96 | 163 | 90 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 67 | 61 | 142 | 67 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 87 | 84 | 157 | 87 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.8 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Norbreck Primary Academy 0.9 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School 1.3 km · Some aspects not as strong (2024)
- Kincraig Primary School 1.4 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Westcliff Primary Academy 1.6 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Thornton Cleveleys Manor Beach Primary School 1.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.