Brookfield Community School, Chesterfield

Brookfield Community School
Address
Chatsworth Road Chesterfield , Derbyshire , S40 3NS England
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1990
Local authority	Derbyshire
Specialist	Sports, Languages
Department for Education URN	112962 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governors	Mr. P. Scully
Headteacher	Mr. Russell Barr
Staff	85 teaching, 60 support
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrollment	1362 (2007/2008)
Former name	Chesterfield Grammar School
Website	http://www.brookfield.derbyshire.sch.uk

Brookfield Community School is an academy school located on Chatsworth Road (A619) in the west of the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire in England.

Brookfield Community School is a secondary school 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 formers. The current headteacher is Mr. R J Barr.

The school's recent Ofsted inspection judged Brookfield to be an "Outstanding" school, with only Long Eaton and Ecclesbourne being the other schools in the county to receive such a grade.^[1] 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.

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 selection 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.

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.

On 1 April 2011, Brookfield Community School officially gained academy status.

The school has:

• Chesterfield's running track.^[2]
• A swimming pool
• A sixth form block
• A sports hall and gym
• A New State of the Art All Weather Pitch - opened in 2010

• Cyril Bibby, biologist; taught biology (1938–40)
• Paul Holmes,^[3] 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 School, taught at St Helena from 1980–1992)
• Cec Thompson, former Rugby League player; Head of Economics and Rugby Master (at the school for 17 years, retired 1991)

• Ian Blackwell, cricketer
• Andrew Bridge, England basketball player
• Dene Cropper, Professional Football player
• Brett Domino, musician and entertainer
• Rik Makarem, actor

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• Chris Adams, former Derbyshire and England cricketer.^[4]
• 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 Sheffield, and Manager from 1927-35 of the Hatfield Main Colliery
• Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins
• Charles Balguy, physician
• Prof John Birds, Professor of Law since 2006 at the University of Manchester
• B. V. Bowden, Baron Bowden, Principal of UMIST 1953-76
• Henry Bradley, lexicographer, President from 1891-3 of the Philological Society
• Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles Darwin
• Prof Alan Day, Professor of Economics from 1964-83 at the London School of Economics
• 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 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 London, Director General of Air Weapons and Electronic Systems from 1986-90 at the MoD
• Archie Heath, Professor of Philosophy from 1925-52 at University College, Swansea
• Alan Hoole OBE, Governor of Anguilla 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 McCrea, astronomer
• Felix McHugh, author of Damned Scroungers! and contributor to London Progressive Journal
• Geoff Miller, England cricketer
• Professor Ian Newton, OBE, FRS, FRSE. Former Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood.
• Sir Robert Robinson, Nobel-prize winning organic chemist, and discoverer of the structure of Morphine and Penicillin
• Christopher Rowland, former Labour MP from 1964-7 for Meriden
• Sir Robin Saxby, former Chief Executive of ARM Holdings, who made it into a global giant
• Nicholas Scholte, Chief Executive since 2006 of the NHS Business Services Authority
• Prof Edwin Smith, Professor of Metallurgy from 1968-88 at UMIST
• Sir William Urton MBE
• Professor Emrys Westacott, dept of philosophy, [[Alfred University], author of the Virtues of our Vices
• Bob Wilson, goalkeeper and former BBC presenter of Football Focus
• John Fawcett Wilson, BBC radio producer
• Charles Wood, scriptwriter

• Official website
• Brookfield in an Educational League Table
• Ofsted Report (PDF file)
• EduBase