Park High School, Colne

Park High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Colne in the English county of Lancashire.^[2]

Park High School
Address
Venables Avenue Colne Lancashire , BB8 7DP England
Coordinates	53.86399°N 2.15538°W / 53.86399; -2.15538
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	"Nil Sine Labore" (Nothing Without Work)
Local authority	Lancashire
Trust	The Pennine Trust
Department for Education URN	146228 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Cathy Eulert [1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	1086 as of August 2020[update].
Houses	Pegasus, Pheonix, Griffin, Dragon
Colour(s)	Blue, Green, Yellow, Green
Website	Official website

Previously a community school administered by Lancashire County Council, in September 2018 Park High School converted to academy status and is now sponsored by The Pennine Trust.

The school no longer offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.^[3]

Notable former pupils

• Steven Burke – Olympic track and road cyclist who rode for the WIGGINS Team.^[4]
• Natalie Gumede – English actress best known for playing China in BBC Three's Ideal and Kirsty Soames in Coronation Street.^[5]
• Heather Hancock – Chair of the Food Standards Agency and Master of St John's College, Cambridge as of August 2023^[update].^[6]
• Rosemary Lain-Priestley – Church of England priest and former Archdeacon for the Two Cities.
• Lily Fontaine – Lead vocalist and guitarist of the band English Teacher, winners of the 2024 Mercury Prize with the debut studio album, This Could Be Texas.^[7]

References

1. "Park High Team".
2. "Colne Park High School". park-high.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
3. "Welcome to Park High School". park-high.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
4. "Family's pride at Colne cyclist's Olympic medal". Lancashire Telegraph. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
5. "Glory night for East Lancashire Corrie star Natalie Gumede at British Soap Awards". This Is Lancashire. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
6. "Heather Hancock appointed as Master of St John's College". College website. St John's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
7. Longworth, Laura (6 September 2024). "Mercury Prize: Indie band English Teacher fronted by Colne singer beat Charli XCX to take the top spot". Burnley Express.

External links

• Official website