Collegiate High School: Looking back at Blackpool school life in the 80s

To those of a certain age, what is now Blackpool Aspire Academy will always be referred to as Collegiate High School.
By Colin Ainscough
Published 22nd May 2019, 12:54 GMT
Collegiate RUFC. Pictured from left; C. Blackburn, M. Benson, S. Eaves, D. Riley, P. Newton, C. Bancroft, A. Escott, S. Hipgrove and P. Bond.Collegiate RUFC. Pictured from left; C. Blackburn, M. Benson, S. Eaves, D. Riley, P. Newton, C. Bancroft, A. Escott, S. Hipgrove and P. Bond.
Collegiate RUFC. Pictured from left; C. Blackburn, M. Benson, S. Eaves, D. Riley, P. Newton, C. Bancroft, A. Escott, S. Hipgrove and P. Bond.

The original school at the Blackpool Old Road site was the all-boys Blackpool Grammar School, which amalgamated with Collegiate Girls School in 1971, finally becoming Collegiate High School in 1974. Here we take a look back at the school and its pupils during the 1980s.

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