# South Shore Academy — Blackpool, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 1.6/5 from 10 published reviews
- **Principal:** Mr N Kay

## Contact

- **Address:** St Annes Road East, FY4 2AR
- **Phone:** 01253 336 500
- **Website:** https://southshoreacademyblackpool.co.uk/
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/blackpool/south-shore-academy-24135

## About

South Shore Academy is proud to be part of Cidari Multi Academy Trust. Our core values of ambition, purpose and achievement underpin our mission of creating the foundations for future greatness for everyone who is part of South Shore Academy.

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Inadequate — Jun 2023
- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Inadequate — Jun 2023
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Inadequate — Jun 2023
- **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Requires Improvement — Jun 2023
- **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Inadequate — Jun 2023

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — If you join you will want to leave: Honestly the other reviews speak for them selves they now start to make the school harder every single year and many staff and students have left because of this *(Sep 2025)*
- **1/5** — Nitty school: Worst rated school in Blackpool known for how bad bullying is people who are nice who go here get bullied into hospital its full of nittys and people who bad upbringings roughest of roughest taking it out on eachother *(Jun 2025)*
- **1/5** — please help others get out of south shore: South shore has had many bad reviews and that shows something. There has been many accounts of racism and sexism plus bullying please go to a different school. *(Jun 2025)*
- **1/5** — IF YOU WANT AN EXPENSIVE THERAPY BILL LATER DO NOT ATTEND HERE: I was being harassed and teachers did nothing to help. When I finally freaked out because I was ELEVEN. I was punished for allegedly swearing at teachers and so on. I was put in iso. I was in tears that when someone asked if I was okay the head of year came out and yelled at me each time saying it was all my fault. After getting off the phone with my mother she lied to my damn face saying they’re will be consequences when I get home (in reality my mother verbally abused her for putting me into i… *(Dec 2024)*
- **1/5** — Don’t go: Just horrible no protection to the kids makes children to labor and very harsh detentions and food is to expensive you can barely get anything with 3 pound so in summary just horrible. *(Sep 2024)*
- **1/5** — This school is the worst don't put your kid here: I used to go here and it was the worst.they didn’t help when i was getting bullied,didn’t help when I didn’t know what to do and the kids there are the worst.i don’t recommend putting your kid here *(Mar 2023)*
- **5/5** — Excellent School for Our Son: We are extremely happy with South Shore Academy. The facilities are modern and well-maintained, and the staff are always friendly and helpful. We particularly appreciate the emphasis on ambition, purpose, and achievement that underpins the school's mission. *(Sep 2022)*
- **5/5** — Great school: My little brother goes here and it’s a amazing school they help him personally if he needs help with anything and if there’s a problem they sort it straight away instead of leaving it for weeks then addressing it. When he started in year 7 they put him in a smaller class away from all other years to get him comfortable with it because he’s a really anxious kid and wasn’t sure about going so they placed him there to allow him time to get used to the school *(Aug 2022)*
- **4/5** — Some Good, Some Room for Improvement: We had a mixed experience at South Shore Academy. The school has a lot to offer, including a great range of extracurricular activities and a supportive community. However, we sometimes found communication with teachers to be lacking, and we felt that the school could do more to engage with parents. *(Jun 2022)*
- **5/5** — A Great School Community: We've been really impressed with the welcome and support we've received since our son started at South Shore Academy. The school's values of ambition, purpose, and achievement are evident in everything they do, and we appreciate the opportunities they're providing for our child. *(Mar 2022)*

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