Norman House Independent School, Blackpool
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Norman House provides a nurturing, personalised education with very small classes and specialist qualified teachers who can give individual attention to each pupil. The school offers a broad curriculum including GCSEs and vocational qualifications, alongside strong support for pupils' wellbeing, behaviour management, and understanding of different cultures and faiths. Parents can be confident that safeguarding and health and safety are taken very seriously with comprehensive policies and procedures in place.
Key Strengths
- Broad and ambitious curriculum with well-thought schemes of work across national curriculum subjects and vocational options leading to GCSE and recognised qualifications
- Very small class sizes (up to 5 pupils) with high staff-to-pupil ratios to foster positive relationships and provide nurturing support
- Comprehensive safeguarding arrangements with trained designated safeguarding lead, staff induction, and ongoing professional development
- Carefully considered careers programme including independent careers advice, work experience, and access to different career professionals
- Well-planned learning experiences to promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural development including local educational visits and visits to places of worship
Areas for Improvement
- Shower and changing facilities currently located at local leisure centre rather than on-site, though proprietor plans to address this in future
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - the school has a suitable policy in line with statutory guidance, a trained designated safeguarding lead, comprehensive staff induction on safeguarding, and planned ongoing professional development for staff.
Extracurricular Activities
Educational visits to local care homes, local charity work, visits to places of worship, Anti-Bullying Week events, physical education at local leisure centres
Norman House Independent School is a proposed new independent school in Blackpool that is likely to meet all independent school standards when it opens. The school will cater to pupils with small class sizes of up to five pupils per class with high staff-to-pupil ratios.
At a Glance
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Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
90%
Near capacity
18 pupils
20 capacity
2 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Blackpool
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Admissions Demand - Blackpool
Places available
1,565
Applications
1,613
Got 1st preference
82.8%
Got preferred school
93.8%
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Norman House Independent School
Boundary Primary School
Layton Primary School
Moor Park Primary School
Christ The King Catholic Academy
Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary School
Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School
Poulton-le-Fylde St Chad's CofE Primary School
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Kincraig Primary School
Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary School
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