Parkside Community School

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Parkside Community School
Address
Parkside Community School
Boythorpe Avenue

Boythorpe

Chesterfield
,
Derbyshire
,
S40 2NS

England
Coordinates 53°13′51″N1°26′17″W / 53.2309°N 1.4381°W / 53.2309; -1.4381
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Derbyshire
TrustEmbark Federation
Department for Education URN 149370 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherAndy Kelly
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 16
Enrolment570 as of March 2023
Website www.parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk

Parkside Community School (formerly William Rhodes Secondary School) is a co-educational secondary school located in the Boythorpe area of Chesterfield in the English county of Derbyshire. [1]

As William Rhodes Secondary School, the Brass Band won the National Festival of Music for Youth on four occasions in the late 1970s. Squadron Leader Norman Crookes was the headmaster for 20 years from 1961. [2] The school was renamed as Parkside in 1991 following a re-organisation of secondary schools in Chesterfield by the county council. [3] The adjacent primary and junior schools retain their original name.

Previously a community school administered by Derbyshire County Council, [4] in April 2023 Parkside Community School converted to academy status. [5] The school is now sponsored by the Embark Federation. [6]

Parkside Community School offers GCSEs, BTECs, Cambridge Nationals and ASDAN qualifications as programmes of study for pupils. The school has developed a specialism in Mathematics and Computing. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Home - Parkside Community School Website". Parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Obituary: Squadron Leader Norman Crookes, telegraph.co.uk, 4 June 2012
  3. 1 2 "About Parkside - Parkside Community School Website". Parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk. 19 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Parkside Community School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  5. ↑ "Parkside Community School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Embark Federation". Embark Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2023.


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