Tarleton Academy

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Tarleton Academy
Address
Hesketh Lane Tarleton , Lancashire , PR4 6AQ England
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1961
Local authority	Lancashire
Department for Education URN	137768 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Scott Parker
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16[1]
Enrolment	649
Capacity	750[1]
Website	http://www.tarletonacademy.org/

Tarleton Academy is a secondary Academy situated in Tarleton, Lancashire, England; the headteacher is Scott Parker. 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.

• Gavin Blyth, television producer and journalist^[7]

• Official website