Westminster Primary Academy, Blackpool

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Westminster Primary Academy on 7 areas: 4 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have steadily raised pupils' attendance."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have taken effective action to enhance the curriculum offer in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "As soon as pupils arrive at the school, leaders are quick to identify and assess the needs of disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders act in the best interests of pupils, their families and the wider community."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils do not achieve as well as they could."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Although leaders have generally set out a suitably designed curriculum, teachers do not deliver it consistently well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "Pupils do not develop a secure understanding of fundamental British values and the diverse characteristics and customs of others."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should improve how they monitor and evaluate the quality and impact of curriculum delivery. This includes aspects of the personal development programme and some of their targeted work to support pupils' academic needs, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils quickly acquire the crucial skills and knowledge in English and mathematics through the effective delivery of related content"; "Leaders should ensure that staff deliver the intended curriculum consistently well, using effective teaching strategies and providing pupils with well-designed learning activities to help pupils secure the most important knowledge"; "Staff should improve their checks of pupils' understanding, particularly during lessons. They should ensure that pupils' errors and misconceptions are more effectively identified and addressed".

In its own words: "As a member of the Fylde Coast Academy Trust (FCAT) the structure of the Local Governing Body and its responsibilities are set out in the FCAT Scheme of Delegation ."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Westminster Primary Academy. We are very proud of our children and our school! It is important to us that every child feels a sense of belonging. We are proud of our inclusive ethos and strive to tailor our curriculum so that all children are provided with opportunities to be their best."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, cricket, athletics, dance, orchestra and ukulele.

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at Westminster Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Blackpool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 74% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Westminster Primary Academy as their first choice and 46 named it as one of their preferences, for 38 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 Westminster Primary Academy are Holy Family Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, 87% reading, 77% maths); Devonshire Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, 67% reading, 67% maths); Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths); and Layton Primary School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 76% reading, 73% maths).

Westminster Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Westminster Primary Academy is one of 10 schools run by Fylde Coast Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

71% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 96 pupils (24.2%) received SEN support and 17 (4.3%) 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.

Westminster Primary Academy provides for pupils with speech, language and communication needs.

Westminster Primary Academy had 25 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Wilton Parade (Blackpool Tramway), about 500 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Warley Road (by), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Westminster Primary Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 797 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Blackpool (336), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Westminster Primary Academy issued 57 suspensions, 14.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Westminster Primary Academy are Unity Academy Blackpool (0.6 miles), St Mary's Catholic Academy (1.2 miles), Blackpool Aspire Academy (1.5 miles) and Montgomery Academy (1.8 miles).