South Shore Academy (formerly Palatine Community Sports College) is a school in South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire. A National Lottery Grant enabled the High School to be turned into a Community Sports College. A new leisure centre has been built on the grounds. The £6.5 million centre was opened on 13 February 2006, by Tessa Jowell. Palatine expanded the sports it provides for children in P.E. and started a new course, B-Tec first diploma in sport.

South Shore Academy
The school in 2003
Address
Map
St Anne's Road

Blackpool
,
Lancashire
,
FY4 2AR

Coordinates53°47′46″N 3°02′34″W / 53.79604°N 3.04264°W / 53.79604; -3.04264
Information
TypeAcademy
Established1988
Local authorityBlackpool
Department for Education URN140021 Tables
Head teacherNeil Reynolds
Staff30+
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment711
HousesRedgrave, Moorhouse, Thomson And Lewis
Colour(s)Bottle green blazer and black trousers or skirt
Websitehttp://southshoreacademy.co.uk/

In December 2013 the former Palatine Community Sports College was converted into an academy by Bright Futures Education Trust (BFET)

The Ofsted inspection edit

The 2012 Ofsted inspection reported the school to be "...an improving and increasingly popular school where standards and achievements are rising". The Ofsted inspection was the first in six years.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Alan Brine (20 March 2007). "Palatine Community Sports College Inspection Report" (pdf). Ofsted. Retrieved 25 August 2010.

Jane Baily

External links edit

  • [1] school website
  • [2] partnership website