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Tarleton Academy | |
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Hesketh Lane , , PR4 6AQ England | |
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Type | Academy |
Established | 1961 |
Local authority | Lancashire |
Department for Education URN | 137768 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Executive Headteacher | Lesley Gwinnett [1] |
Headteacher | Simon Day |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 16 [1] |
Enrolment | 649 [1] |
Capacity | 750 [1] |
Website | http://www.tarletonacademy.og/ |
Tarleton Academy is a secondary Academy situated in Tarleton, Lancashire, England; the headteacher is Simon Day. The school caters for 11 to 16-year-olds. [2] The academy is scheduled a complete building renewal to be completed in September 2023, with a total cost of 23 million pounds.
The school celebrated its silver jubilee in September 1987. [3][ dead link]
The school has its own swimming pool facilities, [4] which the school operates itself and are used by local primary schools. In 2003, the school secured a £850,000 bid to build a new sports hall, after going 30 years without one. The sports hall can accommodate four badminton courts, and was completed in 2004. [5] There had been plans to build a sports hall as far back as 1991, when a proposed £350,000 scheme was to be part funded by £180,000 from the council and £75,000 from the Sports Council, however Lancashire County Council failed to commit funds to the scheme and it was shelved. [6]
In late November 2011, as part of the school's conversion to Academy status, the Governing Body announced that the school would be renamed as Tarleton Academy from January 2012.