Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Blackpool

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Blackpool. As a Catholic school we offer our children the opportunity to grow as young people with Christ at the centre of all we do. We live by our school motto, "In all things, love" and this permeates throughout our school."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, athletics and STEM.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £3.20 per session.

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at Holy Family Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Blackpool and 77% and 75% across England.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 35 families put Holy Family Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 59 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Holy Family Catholic Primary School are Westminster Primary Academy (0.2 miles, Good, 73% reading, 69% maths); Layton Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 76% reading, 73% maths); Devonshire Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 67% reading, 67% maths); and Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School (1 mile, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths).

Holy Family Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Holy Family Catholic Primary School is one of 20 schools run by The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

In 2026, 33 pupils (15.9%) received SEN support and 5 (2.4%) 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.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Gynn Square (Blackpool Tramway), about 540 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Claremont Park (by), 220 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 622 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Blackpool (336), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Holy Family Catholic Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 2.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Holy Family Catholic Primary School are Unity Academy Blackpool (0.4 miles), St Mary's Catholic Academy (1.1 miles), Blackpool Aspire Academy (1.3 miles) and Montgomery Academy (1.6 miles).