academy school
An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. Most ...
located on Chatsworth Road (A619) in the west of
Chesterfield
Chesterfield may refer to:
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,
Derbyshire
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. The school's most recent
Ofsted
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inspection judged it to be 'requires improvement'.
secondary school
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which caters for around 1300 students between the ages 11–18 (Years 7-13), including approximately 300
sixth form
In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-l ...
ers.
Academic performance
In the data for the year 2016/2017, the school had a Progress 8 score of -0.14, indicating that pupils at the end of
Key Stage 4
Key Stage 4 (KS4) is the legal term for the two years of school education which incorporate GCSEs, and other examinations, in maintained schools in England normally known as Year 10 and Year 11, when pupils are aged between 14 and 16 by August 31. ...
had made less progress, on average, than pupils across England who got similar results at the end of
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England and Wales
Legal definition
The t ...
. The same data shows 57% of pupils achieving a GCSE grade 5 or above in English & Maths.
History
Brookfield Community School's history stretches back to the founding of the Chesterfield Grammar School in 1598. This school taught boys throughout the 17th and 18th century, until its closure in 1832. In 1845, the school was restarted in a new building (which remains on Sheffield Road today, and is now part of
Chesterfield College
Chesterfield College is a further and higher education college in the town of Chesterfield in North East Derbyshire, England. The college consists of a number of campuses including Infirmary Road and Lockoford Lane spread over the town of Chest ...
), expanding to a size of around 500 in 1928. Additional land on Storrs Road (on the west side of the town) was acquired in the 1930s, but minimally used due to lack of funds and the
Second World War
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. In 1949, work began on the levelling of playing fields on the site, which was opened in 1953.
The present site of Brookfield (on Chatsworth Road/Brookside, adjacent to the Storrs Road playing fields) was opened for Chesterfield School in 1967. Following the
Education Act 1944
The Education Act 1944 (7 and 8 Geo 6 c. 31) made major changes in the provision and governance of secondary schools in England and Wales. It is also known as the "Butler Act" after the President of the Board of Education, R. A. Butler. Historians ...
, the school became a state-sponsored
grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school ...
.
Brookfield Community School was formed in 1991 in a re-organisation of schools in Chesterfield, On 1 April 2011, Brookfield Community School officially gained academy status.
Notable former pupils
*
Ian Blackwell
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professional wrestler
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known as Kenneth Cameron
*
Dene Cropper
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, professional football player
* Brett Domino, musician and entertainer
* Ryan Fletcher, musician Lawson
*
Rik Makarem
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Classically trained he is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama. He won a Laurence Olivier Bursary in 2004 in ...
, actor
* Ellie Simpson, world para-athlete (100m World Number 2, 200m World Record Holder and GB medalist) and founder of CP Teens UK
Derbyshire
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and
England
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Thompson Twins
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*
Charles Balguy
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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 ...
UMIST
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1953-76
*
Henry Bradley
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Early life
Bradley had humble beginnings as a farmer's so ...
, lexicographer, President from 1891-3 of the
Philological Society
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*
Francis Chavasse
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,
Bishop of Liverpool
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from 1900–23
*
Erasmus Darwin
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His poems ...
, grandfather of
Charles Darwin
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*
Robert Waring Darwin of Elston
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He was the eldest son of Robert Darwin of Elston (1682–1754), a lawyer, and his wife Elizabeth Hill (1702–1797). His brothers were William Alvey Darwin (1726-1783), ...
, botanist
* Sir
John Fretwell
Sir John Emsley Fretwell, (15 June 1930 – 30 March 2017) was a British diplomat.
Career
Fretwell was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School, the University of Lausanne and King's College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Regiment of A ...
Ken Gibbons
Kenneth Harry Gibbons (born 24 December 1931) was Archdeacon of Lancaster from 1981 to 1997.
Gibbons was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School, the University of Manchester and Ripon College Cuddesdon. After National Service he was ordained in ...
,
Archdeacon of Lancaster
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from 1981–97
*
Richard Gillingwater
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Richard Dunnell Gillingwater was born in July 1956.
Gillingwater ...
CBE, Dean from 2007-2012 of the
Cass Business School
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, Chief Executive from 2003-6 of
Credit Suisse First Boston
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* Rt Rev
William Godfrey (bishop)
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He was educated at Chesterfield School, trained for the ministry at King's College London ( AKC; Jelf Medal) and spent his last year th ...
,
Bishop of Peru
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Formed in 1981 ...
since 1998
*
Ralph Heathcote
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Life
He was born on 19 December 1721 at Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, where his father (died 1765), later vicar of Sileby and rector of Morton, Derbyshire, was then curate. His m ...
Geoff Miller
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, England cricketer
*
Charles Newcombe
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, cricketer
* Professor
Ian Newton
Ian Newton (born 17 January 1940) is an English ornithologist.
Education and early life
Newton was born and raised in north Derbyshire and was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School. He graduated from the University of Bristol.FRS FRSE, former Deputy Chief Scientific Officer,
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
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morphine
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and
penicillin
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, and invented the symbol for
benzene
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in 1923
*
Christopher Rowland
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Rowland went to ...
Robin Saxby
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, former Chief Executive of
ARM Holdings
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, who made it into a global giant
*
Thomas Secker
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Secker was born in Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire. In 1699, he went to Richard Brown's free school in Chesterfield, D ...
,
Archbishop of Canterbury
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from 1758–68
* Captain Edwin Swale CBE DFC, WWI flying ace
* Sir
Brian Unwin
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, President from 1993-99 of the
European Investment Bank
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HM Customs and Excise
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* Sir
David Walker (banker)
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, Chairman since 2012 of
Barclays
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, and
Morgan Stanley
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International from 1995–2001, and of the Securities and Investments Board (became the
Financial Services Authority
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Philip Wigglesworth
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Educated at Chesterfield Grammar School, Wigglesworth joined the Royal Naval Air Service, a precursor of ...
* Bob Wilson, goalkeeper and former BBC presenter of ''
Football Focus
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
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'' (1968) and ''
Tumbledown
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'' (1988).
Notable former teachers
*
Cyril Bibby
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Early life, family, etc.
Bibby was the third of eight children and lived in ...
, biologist; taught biology (1938–40)
* Paul Holmes, History master (1979–83), Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield (2001–10)
*
Cec Thompson
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He was born in County Durham, the son of a mother from Durham, England, Durham, and a Trinidad ...
, former professional
rugby league
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footballer; Head of Economics and Rugby Master (at the school for 17 years, retired 1991)