Educational Diversity
Educational Diversity is an academy alternative provision converter in Blackpool for boys and girls aged 6 to 16. It has 137 pupils and room for 175. About 82 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.
278a Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9JW01253 476660eddiversity.comMrs Victoria O'Farrell headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 12 July 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Blackpool council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (127), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), language and communications needs (3), Moderate learning difficulty (2), Specific learning difficulty (1), Vision impairment (1).
Money
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool | Academy | 190 m | 451 | Good 2023 | 79 | Compare |
| Park Community Academy | Academy | 600 m | 340 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Woodlands School | Council | 650 m | 111 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Waterloo Primary Academy | Academy | 800 m | 600 | Report card 2026 | 35 | Compare |
| Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy | Academy | 800 m | 499 | No overall grade 2024 | 13 | Compare |
| Revoe Learning Academy | Academy | 920 m | 436 | Good 2024 | 13 | Compare |
| BFC School | Independent | 0.8 miles | 24 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Blackpool Gateway Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 287 | Report card 2026 | 3 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Educational Diversity a good school?
Educational Diversity doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in July 2023.
What is Educational Diversity's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Educational Diversity good at its last full inspection on 12 July 2023.
How many pupils does Educational Diversity have?
137 pupils aged 6 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 175 places, so it is 78% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 278a Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9JW
- Telephone
- 01253 476660
- Website
- www.eddiversity.com
- Headteacher
- Mrs Victoria O'Farrell
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 6-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Synergy Education Trust Limited (7 schools)
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Ward
- Marton
- Constituency
- Blackpool South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 December 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151982 · LAESTAB 8901100 · UKPRN 10098557
- Formerly
- Educational Diversity
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.