Fulwood Academy

Fulwood Academy (formerly Fulwood High School) is a coeducational secondary school located in Fulwood (within the City of Preston Preston) in the English county of Lancashire.[1]

Fulwood Academy
New school building (2012)
Address
Black Bull Lane Fulwood City of Preston , Lancashire , PR2 9YR England
Coordinates	53.78728°N 2.71933°W / 53.78728; -2.71933
Information
Type	Academy
Founder	Sir Charles Dunstone
Local authority	Lancashire
Department for Education URN	135936 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Trustees	Joan Dean
Interim Principal	Mr Lee McLinden
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Colour(s)	Blue
Website	http://www.fulwoodacademy.co.uk/

Previously a community school administered by Lancashire County Council, Fulwood High School converted to academy status on 1 September 2009 and was renamed Fulwood Academy. The school is sponsored by Charles Dunstone through a charitable trust. Fulwood Academy is now part of the Dunstone Education Trust. Dunstone is the chairman and co-founder of mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse and chairman of the TalkTalk Group.[2]

Fulwood Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

Fulwood Academy's leadership has been in question over a number of years now, with the school having 4 headteachers(including interim headteachers, with the current head, Mr Lee McLinden, being interim.)