Fulwood Academy (formerly Fulwood High School) is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

secondary school located in Fulwood, Preston) in the English county of

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 ...

. Previously a community school administered by Lancashire County Council, Fulwood High School converted to academy status on 1 September 2009 and was renamed Fulwood Academy. The school is sponsored by

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through a charitable trust, the Dunstone Education Trust. Fulwood Academy offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. Fulwood Academy's leadership has been in question over a number of years now, with the school having 5 headteachers (including interim headteachers). The current headteacher is Andrew Galbraith.

References

External links

Fulwood Academy official website
Secondary schools in Lancashire Schools in Preston Academies in Lancashire {{Lancashire-school-stub