Lytham St Annes High School Explained

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LSA High School
Established:	1955
Head Label:	Headteacher
Head:	Ray Baker
Address:	Worsley Road
City:	Lytham St Annes
County:	Lancashire
Country:	England
Postcode:	FY8 4GW
Dfeno:	888/4137
Urn:	119740
Ofsted:	yes
Enrolment:	1630
Gender:	Coeducational
Lower Age:	11
Upper Age:	16
Website:	http://www.lythamhigh.lancs.sch.uk

Lytham St Annes High School is a community school maintained by Lancashire County Education Authority. It is an 11–16 Comprehensive.^[1]

History

• 1955 Ansdell County Secondary School Opens.^[2]
• 1997 School gains Technology College status and becomes known as Lytham St. Annes High Technology College.^[3]
• 2004 School awarded prestigious Artsmark Silver Award.^[4]
• 2007 School also gains Performing Arts status and becomes known as LSA Technology and Performing Arts College.
• 2010 Outstanding School status awarded by OFSTED^[5]
• 2020 Name changed to Lytham St Annes High School^[6]

Notable former pupils

Sports

• Kieran Brookes – Rugby union player who plays for Northampton Saints and England.^[7]
• John Hills – footballer/coach (Blackpool, Everton)^{[8] [9]}
• Scott McNiven – Footballer Oldham Athletic A.F.C, Oxford United F.C., Mansfield Town F.C., Chester City F.C., Hyde United F.C.^[10]
• David McNiven (footballer, born 1978) – Footballer Oldham Athletic A.F.C, York City F.C., Hamilton Academical F.C., Queen of the South F.C., Hyde United F.C., twin brother of Scott McNiven
• Jamie Milligan – Footballer Everton F.C., Blackpool F.C., Coach at the Blackpool F.C. Centre of Excellence.^[11]

Music and acting

• Dean Lennox Kelly – actor; best known for his role in Shameless
• Craig Kelly – Actor; best known for his roles as Vince Tyler in the Channel 4 television series Queer as Folk (UK TV series) and as Luke Strong in Coronation Street. Trick or Treat (2020) that also starred his brother Dean Lennox Kelly^[12]
• Joni Fuller – Singer-songwriter; awarded 'Best Female Artist' at the Exposure Music Awards 2010 and later featured as 'one to watch' by PRS for Music^[13]
• Danny Howard – Radio 1 DJ^[14]
• Craig Parkinson – Actor. Misfits (TV series), Line of Duty, Prey^[15]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Establishment Details . Gov.uk.
2. News: Durkin . Tony . 18 January 2023 . Last chance for former Lytham St Annes High School pupils to take a trip down Memory Lane . Blackpool Gazette.
3. Web site: 2006 . Ofsted Inspection Report .
4. Web site: Master List of Artsmarks Awards . Row 1617 on Sheet "All Artsmark Schools".
5. Web site: 2010 . Lytham St Annes Technology and Performing Arts College Inspection Report . Ofsted.
6. News: Durkin . Tony . 12 February 2020 . Lytham St Annes High School goes 'back to the future' to build on strengths . Blackpool Gazette.
7. Web site: LSA Alumni . Lytham St Annes High School.
8. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/left_back_switches_to_write_side_1_404236 John Hills profile
9. News: 26 June 1997 . Lytham Juniors hold presentation night . Lancashire Telegraph.
10. News: 26 June 1997 . Lytham Juniors hold presentation night . Lancashire Telegraph.
11. Web site: Jamie Milligan . Linkedin.
12. Web site: St Annes actor Craig Kelly on how shooting in Blackpool was a real treat as movie Trick or Treat is released. Blackpool Gazette. 31 May 2020 .
13. News: 28 September 2015 . Singer Joni is Canada bound . Blackpool Gazette.
14. Web site: It's still unbelievable... from club DJ to Radio 1. Blackpool Gazette.
15. News: Seddon . Aimee . 11 March 2024 . Craig Parkinson: the story so far for the Lancashire actor of Line of Duty and Misfits fame . Blackpool Gazette.