Ofsted inspection · 03/07/2024
Overview of Mereside Primary Academy · Primary · Blackpool
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 18% | 0% | 43% | 4% | 36% | 0% | 29% | 7% | 50% | 54% | 98.0 | 97.0 | 100.0 | — | — | — | 20% | 284 |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 0% | 75% | 28% | 72% | 0% | 61% | 0% | 81% | 83% | 105.0 | 100.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 20% | 297 |
| 2022/23 | 62% | 3% | 86% | 8% | 81% | 16% | 86% | 8% | 86% | 76% | 105.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 | +0.80 | +2.60 | +1.20 | 20% | 301 |
| 2018/19 | 79% | 0% | 89% | 46% | 82% | 7% | 93% | 21% | 75% | 79% | 109.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 | +8.00 | +2.40 | +5.10 | 22% | 258 |
| 2017/18 | 83% | 7% | 90% | 43% | 83% | 13% | 93% | 13% | 83% | 90% | 109.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 | +7.00 | +3.00 | +5.00 | — | 267 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 284 | 18.1 | 20% | 7% | 71% | 7% | 26% |
| 2023/24 | 297 | 18.4 | 20% | 8% | 67% | 7% | 25% |
| 2022/23 | 301 | 17.6 | 20% | 7% | 67% | 8% | 27% |
| 2021/22 | 290 | 18.5 | 25% | 8% | 69% | 6% | 24% |
| 2020/21 | 279 | 17.2 | 27% | 7% | 63% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 258 | 15.8 | 22% | 9% | 69% | 4% | 5% |
| 2017/18 | — | 18.3 | — | — | — | 5% | 14% |
| 2016/17 | 241 | — | 22% | 7% | 66% | — | — |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.