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Highfield Leadership Academy

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Established
  
1933

Headteacher
  
Mrs Lynnette Norris

DfE URN
  
142469 Tables

Number of students
  
1,130

Local authority
  
Blackpool

Type
  
Academy

DfE number
  
890/4003

Phone
  
+44 1253 310925

Founded
  
1933

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Location
  
Highfield Road Blackpool Lancashire FY4 3JZ England

Address
  
Highfield Rd, Blackpool FY4 3JZ, UK

Similar
  
St Mary's Catholic Academy, South Shore Academy, Montgom High School, St George's School, Baines School

Profiles

Highfield Leadership Academy is a secondary school for 11- to 16-year-olds in Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

It was originally known as Highfield High School. In 2004 the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) awarded the school specialist school status as a Humanities College, focusing on the teaching and study of History, Geography and Religious Education. The school was subsequently renamed Highfield Humanities College.

In 2007 the school featured in the DCSF list of schools that had made the best sustained improvements in their GCSE results over the last four years.

In August/September 2012 the school moved into a new building on the old playing field. The old school building, which stood for nearly eighty years, was demolished shortly after.

Previously a community school administered by Blackpool Borough Council, in April 2016 Highfield Humanities College converted to academy status and was renamed Highfield Leadership Academy. The school is now part of the Tauheedul Education Trust but continues to coordinate with Blackpool Borough Council for admissions.

Notable former pupils

  • Steven Croft - cricketer
  • David Thewlis - actor
  • Shelly Woods - paralympian
  • Anna Jobarteh - actress
  • References

    Highfield Leadership Academy Wikipedia