Millfield Science & Performing Arts College
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| type = Community school
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| head = Nicola Regan
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| city = Thornton-Cleveleys
| county = Lancashire
| country = UK
| postcode = FY5 5DG
| local_authority = Lancashire
| dfeno = 888/4011
| urn = 119714
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| capacity = 2
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| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 16
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| website = http://www.millfield.lancs.sch.uk/
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Wyre
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Wyre Borough
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History
=1984 arson attack=
There was an arson attack on 28 March 1984 by Barbara Power, aged 16. It cost £100,000. She went to Preston Court in September 1984.Manchester Evening News Friday 21 September 1984, page 15
Further information
The school gained specialist college status in 2005.[http://millfield.digitalbrain.com/millfield/home/Specialist%20college1.htm The Specialist School College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702084316/http://millfield.digitalbrain.com/millfield/home/Specialist%20college1.htm |date=2 July 2007}} Millfield consists of:
- A Block (the original buildings) - which houses Arts, Technology (resistant materials and food studies), I.C.T, Drama, Dance, Canteen, Offices, Medical room, Media studies and Performing Arts
- B, C and D Block (the tower block) - which houses Biology, Chemistry, Physics, French and Spanish
- F and G Block (the southern block) - which houses Geography, History, Religious Education, Citizenship and the Library
- H Block (the northern block downstairs) - which houses Maths
- J Block (the northern block upstairs) - which houses both English Language and English Literature.
The school has a large field, two tarmac playgrounds and sports hall for P.E sessions and for use by the school sport clubs.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071010045551/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?urn=119714&providerCategoryID=32%2F Ofsted page on Millfield High School including inspection reports]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070429120746/http://millfield.digitalbrain.com/millfield/home/home1.htm Millfield High School website]
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Category:Community schools in Lancashire
Category:School buildings in the United Kingdom destroyed by arson
Category:Secondary schools in Lancashire
Category:Schools in the Borough of Wyre
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