Arnold School, Blackpool

Arnold School was an independent school in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, established on the Fylde coast in 1896 during the Victorian expansion of public boarding schools in England. Bulldozers marked the end of an era by reducing part of the old Arnold school in South Shore to rubble on 24th February 2018. In 2016, the Fylde Coast Academy Trust (FCAT), which already runs a number of schools on the Fylde coast, announced it had acquired the land and would open a new all-through school, catering for both primary and secondary schoolchildren. The school was in the United Church Schools Trust group of schools and was a long-standing member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. In 2013, Arnold School merged with King Edward VII and Queen Mary School in Lytham St Annes to form Arnold KEQMS at the Lytham St Annes site. Some distinguished Old Arnoldians include William Lyons, James (Jimmy) Armfield, Jenna Coleman, Chris Lowe and Jonas Armstrong