Armfield Academy
Free schools · 1,221 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.6
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Park Community Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 340of 300 places
- Free school meals
- 66.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 30
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 18 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Park School (URN 119867, until 1 September 2013).
What the data says
Of the 31 pupils who finished Year 11 at Park Community Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Park Community Academy’s own sixth form (Blackpool average 6%), 35% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 0.8 against 46.1 across England and 37.0 in Blackpool, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
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 | Park Community Academy | Blackpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 31 | 1,331 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 84% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 77% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 35% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 65% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 5% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Park Community Academy | Blackpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 0.8 | 37.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 30% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 51% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 18% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.02 | 3.16 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 60% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 1.3 | 29.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 0.0 | 43.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | 3 | 10% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Chemistry | 1 | 3% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| English Language | 1 | 3% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| Mathematics | 1 | 3% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| Physics | 1 | 3% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
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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.