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Educational Diversity

Local authority maintained school in Blackpool FY3 9JW

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  • School Reference Number: 131772
  • Address: 278a Whitegate Drive, Blackpool FY3 9JW
  • Headteacher: Mrs Victoria O'Farrell
  • Telephone: 01253 476660
  • Website: eddiversity.com
  • Type: Local authority maintained schools
  • Sub-Type: Pupil referral unit
  • Phase: Not applicable
  • Pupil Capacity: 0
  • Local Education Authority: Blackpool
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 6 to 16
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: February 1999*

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Further Information

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 19/09/2012

Rating published on 11/10/2012

Overall effectiveness: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
11 July 2023 25 September 2023 School inspection
3 May 2017 23 May 2017 Short inspection
19 September 2012 11 October 2012 Full inspection Good
20 January 2010 11 February 2010 Full inspection Good
7 October 2008 14 November 2008 Curriculum and development visit
14 November 2006 4 December 2006 Full inspection Satisfactory
9 November 2005 21 December 2005 Full inspection Inadequate
28 February 2000 5 June 2000 Full inspection

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number131772
Local Authority Code890
Local Authority NameBlackpool
Establishment Number1100
School / College NameEducational Diversity
Establishment Type Code14
Establishment typePupil referral unit
Establishment Type Group Code4
Establishment Type GroupLocal authority maintained schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code00
Reason establishment openedNot applicable
Open date01-02-1999
Reason Establishment Closed Code00
Reason establishment closedNot applicable
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 0
Phase of educationNot applicable
Age range Low6
Age range High16
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNot applicable
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils115
Number of Boys73
Number of Girls42
Percentage Free School Meals72.20
Trust School Flag Code0
Trust School Flag Not applicable
Trusts Code
Academy trust or Trust
School Sponsor FlagNot applicable
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10016687
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date09-01-2025
Street278a Whitegate Drive
Locality
Address3
TownBlackpool
County (name)Lancashire
PostcodeFY3 9JW
Websitewww.eddiversity.com
Telephone01253476660
Headteacher/Principal titleMrs
Headteacher/Principal first nameVictoria
Headteacher/Principal last nameO'Farrell
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionProvides places for Teen Mothers
Teenage mothers capacity1
Childcare facilities provisionDoes not have child care facilities
SEN facilitiesPRU Does have Provision for SEN
Pupils with EBDPRU Does have EBD provision
Number of places110
Full time provisionPRU offers full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersPRU does offer tuition by another provider
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeB
Government Office RegionNorth West
District CodeE06000009
DistrictBlackpool
Ward CodeE05015197
WardMarton
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001105
Parliamentary ConstituencyBlackpool South
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE06000009
Easting332321
Northing434981
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Blackpool 012
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Blackpool 012C
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN0
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02002644
LSOA CodeE01012715
Free School Meals83
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN131772
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/131772
LAESTAB8901100
School nameEducational Diversity
Ofsted phasePRU
Type of educationPupil Referral Unit
School open date01/02/1999
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionNorth West
RegionNorth West
Local authorityBlackpool
Parliamentary constituencyBlackpool South
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeFY3 9JW
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile5
Total number of pupils115
Statutory lowest age6
Statutory highest age16
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspection10226239
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of the ungraded inspection131772
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspection8901100
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionEducational Diversity
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionPupil Referral Unit
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspection2
Date of latest ungraded inspection12/07/2023
Ungraded inspection publication date24/09/2023
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?No
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeSchool remains Good
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspectionITS402509
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date19/09/2012
Publication date11/10/2012
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection131772
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8901100
School name at time of latest graded inspectionEducational Diversity
School type at time of latest graded inspectionPupil Referral Unit
Current school type used for chart C6Maintained school
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationN/A
Behaviour and attitudesN/A
Personal developmentN/A
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?N/A
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberITS341217
Previous inspection start date20/01/2010
Previous publication date11/02/2010
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection131772
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8901100
School name at time of previous graded inspectionEducational Diversity
School type at time of previous graded inspectionPupil Referral Unit
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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