Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School, Fleetwood

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils at Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 60% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 72% in reading and 68% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 33 families put Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School as their first choice and 91 named it as one of their preferences, for 34 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School are St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy (0.5 miles, 31% reading, 31% maths); Charles Saer Primary Academy (0.5 miles); Charles Saer Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 41% reading, 38% maths); and Larkholme Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 76% reading, 73% maths).

Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

56.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 3.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 69 pupils (16.4%) received SEN support and 38 (9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs: 16 places, 16 pupils on roll.

Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School had 27 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Heathfield Road (Blackpool Tramway), about 280 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Flakefleet School (outside), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 195 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School issued 26 suspensions, 5.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School are Fleetwood High School (0.2 miles); and Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood (0.5 miles).