Poplar House School
Poplar House School is an independent special school in for boys and girls aged 7 to 19. It has 23 pupils and room for 42.
24-26 Lytham St Annes Road East, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1UR01253 372221poplarhouseschool.comMr Darryl Fairfax-Price headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
3 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
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 Lancashire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 12 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 23 | 18 | 18 | 6 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School | Academy | 480 m | – | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 540 m | 575 | No overall grade 2024 | 56 | Compare |
| St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 560 m | 184 | Not inspected | 42 | Compare |
| Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School | Council | 680 m | 239 | Report card 2026 | 86 | Compare |
| St Anne's College Grammar School | Independent | 720 m | 61 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Red Rose School | Independent (grammar) | 830 m | 43 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Clifton Primary School | Council | 1.0 miles | 214 | Good 2024 | 23 | Compare |
| AKS Lytham | Independent | 1.1 miles | 785 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Poplar House School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Poplar House School yet.
How many pupils does Poplar House School have?
23 pupils aged 7 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 42 places, so it is 55% full.
What do parents say about Poplar House School?
100% of the 12 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 100% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 24-26 Lytham St Annes Road East, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1UR
- Telephone
- 01253 372221
- Website
- www.poplarhouseschool.com
- Headteacher
- Mr Darryl Fairfax-Price
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 7-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Ashton
- Constituency
- Fylde
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 21 April 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 148838 · LAESTAB 8886127 · UKPRN 10100549
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- 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.