School profile
Blackfriars Academy
Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TF
Overview
Blackfriars Academy is a special / send school (academy special converter) in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, West Midlands, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy special converter
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 121
- URN
- 141448
Admissions
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Academy trust or group
- THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
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Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Secondary
2023/24 results
This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.
| Measure | School |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 0.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.03 |
| Entering the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths | 0% |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths | 0% |
| Progress 8 scoreConfidence interval -2.35 to -1.08 | -1.71 |
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Other recent inspection activity
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Ungraded inspection
Inspected 11 October 2023 · Published 15 November 2023
Outcome: School remains Outstanding
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
- PD - Physical Disability
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Location
- Address
- Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TF
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
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