South Shore Academy (formerly Palatine Community Sports College) is a school in
South Shore,
Blackpool,
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
. 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
Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, (; 18 September 1947 – 12 May 2018) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood, previously Dulwich, from ...
. Palatine expanded the sports it provides for children in
P.E. and started a new course, B-Tec first diploma in sport.
In December 2013 the former Palatine Community Sports College was converted into an
academy
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...
by Bright Futures Education Trust (BFET)
The Ofsted inspection
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.
References
Jane Baily
External links
school website
partnership website
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Academies in Blackpool
Secondary schools in Blackpool
Educational institutions established in 1988
1988 establishments in England