St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool

In its own words: "Doors open to children with staff at entrances on the front playground. Children arriving from this point must enter via school office and sign in. They will receive a late mark."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include tennis, dance, choir and gardening.

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 61% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Blackpool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 84% in reading and 90% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 31 families put St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 77 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 4 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School are Devonshire Primary Academy (0.2 miles, Requires improvement, 67% reading, 67% maths); Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths); Revoe Learning Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 61% reading, 61% maths); and Christ The King Catholic Academy (0.9 miles, Good, 70% reading, 67% maths).

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

St Kentigern's 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.

35 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School (as of September 2025): 97% would recommend the school, 97% say their child is happy there and 78% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (78%).

32.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (51%), Asian (26%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 40 pupils (19%) received SEN support and 4 (1.9%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Blackpool North Rail Station, about 970 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Collingwood Avenue (opposite), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1128 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, St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School are St Mary's Catholic Academy (0.8 miles), Unity Academy Blackpool (1.2 miles), Blackpool Aspire Academy (1.5 miles) and South Shore Academy (1.6 miles).