Park Community Academy
Academy special converter school in Blackpool (Blackpool).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Park Community Academy is a special school located in Blackpool. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 19. The Headteacher is Gill Hughes.
Key facts
- URN
- 140143
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Constituency
- Blackpool South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (9 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Fisher | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by academy members | since 2017 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Storey | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr James Findlay-Pidcock | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Lee Munden | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Lisa Pannett | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Miss Mairead Thompson | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Headteacher Gill Hughes | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 · until 2031 |
| Mrs Leyla Marrs | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2017 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Gina Whiteley | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2017 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Kerry Buckley Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Daniel Savage Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Lorraine Stephen Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record