Witton Park Academy

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Witton Park Academy
Address
Witton Park Academy
Buncer Lane

Blackburn
,
Lancashire
,
BB2 6TD

England
Coordinates 53°44′38″N2°30′36″W / 53.74397°N 2.50994°W / 53.74397; -2.50994 Coordinates: 53°44′38″N2°30′36″W / 53.74397°N 2.50994°W / 53.74397; -2.50994
Information
Type Academy
MottoAchievement for all
Established1883/1968
Department for Education URN 140879 Tables
HeadteacherAndy Burton
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment1137
Capacity1230
Website https://witton.atctrust.org.uk/

Witton Park Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in the west of Blackburn, Lancashire, England. [1]

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Witton Park is for children aged 11–16. It is within the boundary of Witton Country Park, to the west of Blackburn. A levels are taken at Blackburn College or St. Mary's College, Blackburn. It has GNVQ courses in Business, Art and Design Technology. In each year there are ten or eleven forms, mostly with the same number of students.

History

It was originally called Blackburn High School for Girls, a grammar school. It was first at Spring Mount on Preston New Road from 1883, then moved to Crosshill. It moved to Buncer Lane (B6447) in 1961 and became a comprehensive in 1968, when it merged with Witton Park Secondary Modern School, which was next-door, the combined school (named Witton Park High School) was then housed in two separate buildings, known as the North and South wings.

Under the Building Schools for the Future plans, in January 2011 Balfour Beatty started to construct a new school building close to the South wing on what had originally been a tennis court and a school playing field.

In 2014 Witton Park High School converted to an academy, becoming independent from Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. [2] It was later renamed Witton Park Academy.

Academic performance

A 2016 Ofsted report rated the School as 'Good' [3]

Notable former pupils

Blackburn High School for Girls

Witton Park High School

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References

  1. ↑ "Witton Park Academy - Succeeding Together". Witton Park Academy.
  2. ↑ Cruces, Emma (8 May 2014). "Blackburn school now an academy". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest (North West). Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Witton Park Ofsted Report". Ofsted. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Neate, Rupert (2 October 2020). "New Asda owners Mohsin and Zuber Issa - the Blackburn billionaire brothers". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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