Stanah Community Primary School

Stanah Community Primary School (formerly Stanah County Primary School) is an English mixed primary school located in the Stanah area of Thornton, Lancashire.

Stanah Community Primary School
A 2006 view of the main school building from the entrance to the car park
Address
Lambs Road

Thornton
,
Lancashire
,
FY5 5JR

England
Coordinates53.8719°N 2.9920°W / 53.8719; -2.9920
Information
TypeCommunity primary school
Local authorityLancashire
Department for Education URN119296 Tables
OfstedReports
Head TeacherMr H.M. Clough
GenderCoeducational
Age4 to 11
Enrolmentc. 400
Colour(s)Blue and white
   
Websitehttp://www.stanah.co.uk

Built in the 1960s,[1] the school, located on Lambs Road (or, as it is known locally, Lambs Hill), has around 400 pupils, aged 4 to 11.[2] Its head teacher is Hamish M Clough. He replaced Ian Todd who, after three-and-a-half years as head, took up a position at the University of Cumbria in January 2010. Mr. Todd's predecessor was Tony Ford, who retired in the summer of 2006 after twelve years in the role.[1] One of the earlier and long-serving head teachers was Jean Fisher. Another was Mr. Evans, who was headmaster in the 1970s.

The school comprises two separate buildings. A smaller annex (infants) is attended by the foundation class and years 1 and 2. For year 3, the children move into the larger main building (juniors). The smaller building was mothballed in the early 1980s when school rolls dropped,[1] but it was renovated and reopened around a decade later. The infants building also houses a preschool nursery originally called Stanah Sunflowers but which was then bought and renamed to Oak Tree Nursery.

On the junior's building stands the school's distinctive chimney. Originally white with a black tip, it was repainted all-white in the 1990s.

Notable people
The Krankies visiting Stanah in the early 1980s. This photograph was taken at the rear of the smaller school building.

The Krankies (pictured) visited Stanah for a summer fair in the early 1980s. Leslie Crowther also visited around the same time. Jazz musician Dan Forshaw attended the school from 1988 to 1992, and it was in the school wind band that he first picked up his instrument. The school has also been visited by multiple authors, including Hazel Townson and Dan Worsley.

References
Specific
  1. STANAH GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH - Fleetwood Today.co.uk, 1 December 2005
  2. Ofsted profile
General
  • "Stanah pupils help bin plastic". Blackpool Gazette. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  • "STANAH GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH". Fleetwood Today. 1 December 2005. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  • "Stanah school give lift to charity". Lancashire Telegraph. 19 December 2003. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
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