Blackpool Aspire Academy

Blackpool Aspire Academy
New school building on Blackpool Old Road (2016)
Location
Blackpool Old Road

Blackpool
,
Lancashire
,
FY3 7LS

England

53°50′14″N 3°00′55″W / 53.83711°N 3.01516°W / 53.83711; -3.01516
Information
TypeAcademy
Established2014
Local authority
Blackpool
141132 Tables
OfstedReports
Principal
John Woods
Age11 to 16
ColourPurple/black
Websitewww.blackpoolaspireacademy.co.uk

Blackpool Aspire Academy is a secondary school located in the Layton area of Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

The school was formed in 2014 by merging Collegiate High School with Bispham High School Arts College. It was temporarily located on Bispham Road until new buildings were constructed on Blackpool Old Road.

School history

The original school at the site was the all-boys Blackpool Grammar School, which had relocated from the original premises on Raikes Parade to Blackpool Old Road in 1961. In 1971 they amalgamated with Collegiate Girls School whose pupils and staff moved to Blackpool Old Road to create Blackpool Collegiate Grammar School. The sixth form moved to a new Sixth Form Centre premises further down Blackpool Old Road also in 1971 and what is now the independent Blackpool Sixth Form College which split from the school in 1989. The school became Collegiate High School in 1974. The last Headteacher was Ms Cordeaux, followed by acting head Mr Topping for a short while. In 2012, the school achieved its best ever results.[citation needed]

Plans to merge Collegiate with Bispham High School Arts College were under discussion 2012–14. The new merged school (named Blackpool Aspire Academy) is sponsored by the Fylde Coast Academy Trust. The school was temporarily housed at the former Bispham High School campus, but relocated to new buildings at the Collegiate site during 2015.

Notable former pupils

Collegiate High School

Blackpool Grammar School

Blackpool Collegiate School for Girls

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