The revised results for the latest cohort of GCSE students (2025) follows on from the provisional results published in October which now include adjusted scores following re-marks and appeals.
A number of the county’s secondary schools and the local authority as a whole have seen their average Attainment 8 scores increase since the provisional results.
Blackpool’s local authority saw pupils achieve an average GCSE Attainment 8 score of 37, which is below the England (all schools) average score of 43.8.
Attainment 8 looks at how pupils have performed in up to eight Government stipulated GCSE subjects with each grade being given a value between one to nine- maths and English are given double weighting to reflect the significance of these core subjects.
A school’s Attainment 8 score is the average total achieved by pupils in that year’s GCSE cohort of students.
Progress 8 scores are normally viewed as the most important attainment benchmark on which a secondary school’s performance is judged as it looks at how much progress teachers have made with pupils since joining them in Year 7, rather than just raw outcomes.
Progress 8 scores could not be calculated for this year’s 2025 cohort of students as, due to Covid, this group of pupils did not sit their Year 6 tests.
Check out below how secondary schools in Blackpool rank according to their final Attainment 8 scores.
Special and independent schools have not been included in this list.
You can also take a look at the 10 best performing secondary schools on the Fylde Coast here or the15 best performing secondary schools, solely under Lancashire County Council’s jurisdiction here.

1. Blackpool secondary schools ranked
All of Blackpool's secondary schools ranked by their new final GCSE results | Google Maps

2. South Shore Academy (no 8)
The Blackpool school has an Attainment 8 score for the 2024/2025 calender year of 26.3 which is below the national average | Google

3. Unity Academy (no 7)
The Blackpool school has an Attainment 8 score for the 2024/2025 calender year of 29.3 which is below the national average | Eric Wright Construction Group

4. Highfield Leadership Academy (no 6)
The Blackpool school has an Attainment 8 score for the 2024/2025 calender year of 30 which is below the national average | Google Maps

5. Armfield Academy (no 5)
The Blackpool school has an Attainment 8 score for the 2024/2025 calender year of 35.6 which is below the national average | National World Photo: National World

6. Blackpool Aspire Academy (no 4)
The Blackpool school has an Attainment 8 score for the 2024/2025 calender year of 36.7 which is below the national average | Google Maps
