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Montgomery Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,192of 1,250 places
- Free school meals
- 36.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 221
- Ofsted
- Good, 22 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Montgomery High School - A Language College and Full Service School (URN 119735, until 1 April 2012).
What the data says
Montgomery Academy has no sixth form. Of the 229 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 23% moved to a sixth form college, 52% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.0 against 46.1 across England and 37.0 in Blackpool, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Blackpool and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Montgomery Academy | Blackpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 229 | 1,331 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 84% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 77% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | — | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 23% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 52% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 11% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Montgomery Academy | Blackpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.0 | 37.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 30% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 51% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 15% | 18% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.42 | 3.16 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.7 | 29.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.3 | 43.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 11% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 218 | 99% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 61% |
| English Language | 218 | 99% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 69% |
| English Literature | 206 | 93% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 62% |
| Combined Science | 152 | 69% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 49% |
| History | 141 | 64% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 46% |
| Geography | 66 | 30% | 41% | 23% | 25% | 58% |
| Biology | 60 | 27% | 23% | 17% | 45% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 59 | 27% | 23% | 22% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 59 | 27% | 23% | 20% | 46% | 92% |
| French | 53 | 24% | 18% | 15% | 29% | 70% |
| Design and Technology | 50 | 23% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 76% |
| Fine Art | 41 | 19% | 9% | 2% | 28% | 61% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 30 | 14% | 8% | 7% | 21% | 40% |
| Physical Education | 23 | 10% | 11% | 13% | 24% | 74% |
| Photography | 23 | 10% | 6% | 13% | 19% | 61% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 10% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 61% |
| Drama | 17 | 8% | 7% | 18% | 27% | 71% |
| Media Studies | 12 | 5% | 4% | 8% | 20% | 67% |
| Astronomy | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 29% | — |
| Spanish | 2 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 39 | — | — |
| Tourism | 33 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 27 | — | — |
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St Mary's Catholic Academy
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.