St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

General Information

Address: St George's Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 3JW
Phone: 01253852457
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Lynsey Ankers
Age range: 3-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Number of pupils: 215
School capacity: 236
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 48
% eligible for free school meals: 24.6%
Nursery provision: Yes

Behaviour

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We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Behaviour information for this school has not been added yet.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.3%
Persistently absent pupils: 6.2%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 17.7%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 22 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £6,961 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #21 of 32 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#19Armfield Academy£7,455
#20Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School£7,188
#21St Teresa's Catholic Primary School£6,961
#22Westcliff Primary Academy£6,903
#23Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool£6,782

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1Marton Primary Academy and Nursery£10,587
#2Mereside Primary Academy£10,116
#3Blackpool Gateway Academy£9,312
#4Unity Academy Blackpool£9,150
#5Thames Primary Academy£8,770
#6Revoe Learning Academy£8,580
#7Kincraig Primary School£8,426
#8Westminster Primary Academy£8,331
#9Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School£8,061
#10St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool£7,989
#11Devonshire Primary Academy£7,968
#12Boundary Primary School£7,967
#13Moor Park Primary School£7,717
#14Christ The King Catholic Academy£7,706
#15Waterloo Primary Academy£7,687
#16Hawes Side Academy£7,600
#17Layton Primary School£7,578
#18St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy£7,482
#19Armfield Academy£7,455
#20Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School£7,188
#21St Teresa's Catholic Primary School£6,961
#22Westcliff Primary Academy£6,903
#23Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool£6,782
#24Holy Family Catholic Primary School£6,573
#25St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School£6,542
#26Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy£6,313
#27Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School£6,200
#28Roseacre Primary Academy£6,199
#29Stanley Primary School£6,180
#30Norbreck Primary Academy£6,121
#31Anchorsholme Primary Academy£6,045
#32St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School£4,470

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