Spen Brook School
Other independent special school · Ages 11–17 · Blackpool
Spen Brook School is an independent special school in Blackpool for ages 11–17.
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Key facts
- Address
- (former Hawes Side Library), Hawes Side Lane, Blackpool, FY4 5AJ
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11–17
- Council
- Blackpool
- Pupils on roll
- 14 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- z of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Strengths
- “Spen Brook School is a special place to learn.”
- “Pupils arrive at the school following substantial periods of disrupted education and quickly begin to flourish.”
- “The school takes account of pupils’ previous experiences to help pupils to re-engage successfully with their learning.”
To improve
- “However, links are not always made to prior learning.”
- “This means that sometimes opportunities are missed to enable pupils to draw on previously taught content.”
- “This hinders pupils from learning as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Blackpool.
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