Blackpool Aspire Academy
Secondary school in Blackpool. Requires improvement (Jun 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 5 June 2024, report published 9 July 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around December 2026
The last inspection was in June 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. That’s within the next six months.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 0.7 milesSt Mary's Catholic Academy
Report card, Jun 2026: 6 expected, 1 needs attention
- 0.9 milesBaines School
Report card, Mar 2026: 6 expected
- 1.0 milesUnity Academy Blackpool
No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Dec 2024) Special measures
- 1.6 milesHodgson Academy
Good (Nov 2022)
- 1.6 milesMontgomery Academy
Good (May 2024)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.