Brookfield Community School
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Brookfield Community School is a school
located on Chatsworth
Road (A619) in the west of the town of Chesterfield
, Derbyshire
in England
.
and a Sports College
And A Language College
which caters for over 1300 students between the ages 11–18 (Years 7-13), including approximately 300 sixth form
ers. The current headteacher is Mr. R J Barr.
and Ecclesbourne being the other schools in the county to receive such a grade. In 2007, it got the seventh best A level results in Derbyshire for state schools (3 of the top 7 were Chesterfield schools) getting results comparable to a state grammar school, and the fourth best at GCSE
.
in Derbyshire in the 1970s. As a grammar school it was also known as Chesterfield School, when administered by the Chesterfield Borough Education Committee with around 850 boys, situated on Brookside. A school annexe with laboratories known as Brookside, was built in 1963 next to existing school playing fields with facilities and became the location for sixth form science. After expansion, the entire grammar school was moved to the new site in 1967.
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
located on Chatsworth
Chatsworth, Derbyshire
Chatsworth is a civil parish in Derbyshire, England, within the area of the Derbyshire Dales and the Peak District National Park.The population is largely in and around Chatsworth House and is considered to be too low to justify a parish council...
Road (A619) in the west of the town of Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Admissions
Brookfield Community School is a secondary schoolSecondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
and a Sports College
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
And A Language College
which caters for over 1300 students between the ages 11–18 (Years 7-13), including approximately 300 sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
ers. The current headteacher is Mr. R J Barr.
Academic performance
The school's recent Ofsted inspection judged Brookfield to be an "Outstanding" school, with only Long EatonThe Long Eaton School
The Long Eaton School is a secondary comprehensive Academy on Thoresby Road in Long Eaton located between Nottingham and Derby.- History :...
and Ecclesbourne being the other schools in the county to receive such a grade. In 2007, it got the seventh best A level results in Derbyshire for state schools (3 of the top 7 were Chesterfield schools) getting results comparable to a state grammar school, and the fourth best at GCSE
General Certificate of Secondary Education
The General Certificate of Secondary Education is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 and Level 1 in Key Skills...
.
Grammar school
The school was previously known as Chesterfield Boys Grammar School, a free grammar school, established in 1594 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and then Chesterfield School after the abandonment of selectionTripartite System
The Tripartite System was the arrangement of state funded secondary education between 1944 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland....
in Derbyshire in the 1970s. As a grammar school it was also known as Chesterfield School, when administered by the Chesterfield Borough Education Committee with around 850 boys, situated on Brookside. A school annexe with laboratories known as Brookside, was built in 1963 next to existing school playing fields with facilities and became the location for sixth form science. After expansion, the entire grammar school was moved to the new site in 1967.
Comprehensive
It became comprehensive in 1974. Chesterfield School was renamed Brookfield Community School in 1990 when schools in Chesterfield were reorganised, leaving five schools of the original eleven.Facilities
The school has:- Chesterfield's running track.
- A swimming pool
- A sixth form block
- A sports hall and gym
- A New State of the Art All Weather Pitch - opened in 2010
Former teachers
- Cyril BibbyCyril BibbyCyril Bibby was a biologist and educator. He was also one of the first sexologists.-Early life, family, etc. :...
, biologist; taught biology (1938–40) - Paul HolmesPaul Holmes (politician)Paul Robert Holmes is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, previously held by Tony Benn, from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...
, History master (1979-83), Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield (2001-10) - Terry Kilburn, historian; History teacher (1992 - 2010): formerly Head of History at St Helena SchoolChesterfield St Helena SchoolChesterfield St Helena School, also known as Chesterfield Girls' Grammar School and St Helena School, Chesterfield, was an all girls high school in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, teaching 11 to 18 year old girls between 1892 and its closure in 1991...
, taught at St Helena from 1980–1992) - Cec ThompsonCec ThompsonCec Thompson was a British professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, '50s and '60s.He was born in County Durham, the son of a mother from Durham and a Trinidadian father. His father died when he was very young and his childhood was spent in a succession of orphanages.Thompson took up...
, former Rugby League player; Head of Economics and Rugby Master (at the school for 17 years, retired 1991)
Alumni
- Ian BlackwellIan BlackwellIan David Blackwell is an English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner and powerful middle-order batsman, he has played for England in one-day and Test sides, and plays county cricket for Durham, having left Somerset at the end of the 2008 season.-Career:Blackwell was called up for the England...
, cricketer - Andrew BridgeAndrew Bridge (basketball)Andrew Bridge is a current British Professional Basketball player. Bridge is a 6 ft 4 in Shooting Guard, who currently plays for Newcastle Eagles in the British Basketball League...
, England basketball player - Brett DominoBrett DominoBrett Domino is the alter-ego of Youtube musician Rob J. Madin. As Brett Domino, he is a musician, internet celebrity and TV presenter from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He is best known for his YouTube videos, in which he plays mostly covers and medleys of popular songs on the Stylophone and...
, musician and entertainer - Rik MakaremRik Makarem-Career:Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Makarem is currently known for playing cast regular Nikhil Sharma in Emmerdale. He has also starred in BBC's Torchwood- Children of Earth alongside John Barrowman and has featured in ITV period drama Foyle's War...
, actor
As Chesterfield Grammar School
- Chris Adams, former DerbyshireDerbyshire County Cricket ClubDerbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
and England cricketer. - Jeffery Aldam CBE MC, County Education Officer from 1973-83 of Hampshire, and Suffolk from 1962–71
- Frank Atkinson, Professor of Mining from 1954-65 at the University of SheffieldUniversity of SheffieldThe University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...
, and Manager from 1927-35 of the Hatfield Main Colliery - Tom Bailey of the Thompson TwinsThompson TwinsThe Thompson Twins were a British pop group that were formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993. They achieved considerable popularity in the mid 1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States and around the globe. The band was named after the two bumbling detectives...
- Charles BalguyCharles BalguyDr. Charles Balguy was an English physician and translator.Balguy was born at Derwent Hall, Derbyshire, and was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of M.B. in 1731, and M.D. in 1750. He practised at Peterborough, and was secretary of...
, physician - Prof John Birds, Professor of Law since 2006 at the University of ManchesterUniversity of ManchesterThe University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
- B. V. Bowden, Baron Bowden, Principal of UMIST 1953-76
- Henry BradleyHenry BradleyHenry Bradley was a British philologist and lexicographer who succeeded James Murray as senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary .-Early life:...
, lexicographer, President from 1891-3 of the Philological SocietyPhilological SocietyThe Philological Society, or London Philological Society, is the oldest learned society in Great Britain dedicated to the study of language. The society was established in 1842 to "investigate and promote the study and knowledge of the structure, the affinities, and the history of languages"... - Erasmus DarwinErasmus DarwinErasmus Darwin was an English physician who turned down George III's invitation to be a physician to the King. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosopher, physiologist, slave trade abolitionist,inventor and poet...
, grandfather of Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory... - Prof Alan Day, Professor of Economics from 1964-83 at the London School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
- Sir Andrew Derbyshire, architect
- Sir John Fretwell, UK Ambassador to France from 1982-7
- Terry Gilbert, ballet dancer
- Richard Gillingwater CBE, Dean since 2007 of the Cass Business School, Chief Executive from 2003-6 of Credit Suisse First BostonCredit Suisse First BostonCredit Suisse First Boston was the former name of the banking firm Credit Suisse.-History:In 1978, Credit Suisse and First Boston Corporation formed a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture called the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston...
- Prof John Goodman CBE, Frank Thomas Professor of Industrial Relations from 1975-2002 at UMIST
- Prof Kenneth Hambleton, Professor of Defence Engineering from 1991-2001 at University College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
, Director General of Air Weapons and Electronic Systems from 1986-90 at the MoDMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom)The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.... - Archie Heath, Professor of Philosophy from 1925-52 at University College, SwanseaSwansea UniversitySwansea University is a university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Swansea University was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes...
- Alan Hoole OBE, Governor of AnguillaGovernor of AnguillaThe Governor of Anguilla is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Anguilla. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...
from 1995-7 - Prof David Hopkinson, Professor of Human Biochemical Genetics from 1993-2000 at University College London
- Richard Kirk CBE, Chief Executive since 1996 of Peacocks
- Professor Sir William McCreaWilliam McCrea (astronomer)Sir William Hunter McCrea FRS was an English astronomer and mathematician.-Biography:His family moved to Kent in 1906 and then Derbyshire where he attended Chesterfield Grammar School. His father was a school master at Netherthorpe Grammar School in Staveley...
, astronomer - Geoff MillerGeoff MillerGeoffrey Miller is an English former cricketer, who played in thirty four Tests and twenty five ODIs for England from 1976 to 1984...
, England cricketer - Professor Ian NewtonIan NewtonProfessor Ian Newton FRS, OBE is an English ornithologist.-Career:Newton was born and raised in north Derbyshire and was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School. He graduated from Bristol University. He received his D.Phil. and D.Sc. degrees from the University of Oxford and has studied a wide...
, OBE, FRS, FRSE. Former Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood. - Sir Robert Robinson, Nobel-prizeNobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...
winning organic chemist, and discoverer of the structure of MorphineMorphineMorphine is a potent opiate analgesic medication and is considered to be the prototypical opioid. It was first isolated in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, first distributed by same in 1817, and first commercially sold by Merck in 1827, which at the time was a single small chemists' shop. It was more...
and PenicillinPenicillinPenicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V.... - Christopher RowlandChristopher RowlandChristopher John Salter Rowland was a British politician. He was rated one of the more effective of the Labour Party's 1964 intake to Parliament, but died at the age of 38.-Student life:...
, former Labour MP from 1964-7 for MeridenMeriden (UK Parliament constituency)-Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:- Notes and references :... - Nicholas Scholte, Chief Executive since 2006 of the NHS Business Services AuthorityNHS Business Services AuthorityThe NHS Business Services Authority is a special health authority of the National Health Service in England and Wales. It was created on 1 October 2005 following a review by the Department of Health of its "arm's length bodies". It began operating on 1 April 2006, bringing together five...
- Prof Edwin Smith, Professor of Metallurgy from 1968-88 at UMIST
- Sir William Urton MBE
- Bob Wilson, goalkeeper and former BBC presenter of Football FocusFootball FocusFootball Focus is a BBC television show, broadcast on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes, covering football, presented from the 2009/2010 season by Dan Walker...
- Charles WoodCharles Wood (playwright)Charles Wood is a playwright and scriptwriter for radio, television, and film. He lives in England....
, scriptwriter