The original school at the site was the all-boys Blackpool Grammar School, which had relocated from the original premises on Raikes Parade to Blackpool Old Road in 1961. In 1971 they amalgamated with Collegiate Girls School whose pupils and staff moved to Blackpool Old Road to create Blackpool Collegiate Grammar School. The sixth form moved to a new Sixth Form Centre premises further down Blackpool Old Road also in 1971 and what is now the independent Blackpool Sixth Form College which split from the school in 1989.
The original school at the site was an all-boys institution named Blackpool Grammar School that moved from its initial location to Blackpool Old Road in 1961. In 1971, it merged with Collegiate Girls School and relocated to Blackpool Old Road again, forming Blackpool Collegiate Grammar School. The sixth form also moved to a new premises on Blackpool Old Road in 1971, eventually leading to the creation of the independent Blackpool Sixth Form College in 1989.