Brookfield Community School is an

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located on Chatsworth Road (A619) in the west of Chesterfield,

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, England. The school's most recent

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inspection judged it to be 'Good'.

Admissions

Brookfield Community School is a comprehensive

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which caters for around 1300 students between the ages 11–18 (Years 7-13), including approximately 300

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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

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had made less progress, on average, than pupils across England who got similar results at the end of

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. 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 England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on th ...

), 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

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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

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, the school became a state-sponsored

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. 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

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, cricketer * Ellie Simpson, world para-athlete (100m World Number 2, 200m World Record Holder and GB medalist) and founder of CP Teens UK

Chesterfield Grammar School

* Chris Adams, former

and

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cricketer. * Sir Alfred Arnold, Conservative MP from 1895 to 1900 for Halifax * Tom Bailey of the

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, physician * B. V. Bowden, Baron Bowden, Principal of

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1953-76 *

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, lexicographer, president from 1891 to 1893 of the

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from 1900 to 1923 *

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, grandfather of

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, 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 Ar ...

, UK Ambassador to France from 1982-7 * Ken Gibbons,

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from 1981 to 1997 *

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CBE, dean from 2007 to 2012 of the

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, chief executive from 2003 to 2006 of

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* Rt Rev William Godfrey (bishop), Bishop of Peru since 1998 * Ralph Heathcote, writer * Prof Sir William McCrea, astronomer *

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, England cricketer * Charles Newcombe, cricketer * Professor

Ian Newton Ian Newton (born 17 January 1940) is an England, 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.

, OBE FRS FRSE, former deputy chief scientific officer,

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, Monks Wood * Josiah Pearson, Bishop of Newcastle (Australia) from 1880 to 1890 * Sir Robert Robinson FRSE, Nobel-prize winning organic chemist, and discoverer of the structure of

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and

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, and invented the symbol for

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in 1923 * Christopher Rowland, former Labour MP from 1964-7 for Meriden * Sir

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, former Chief Executive of

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, who made it into a global giant *

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from 1758 to 1768 * Captain Edwin Swale CBE DFC, WWI flying ace * Sir

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, president from 1993 to 1999 of the

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, and from 2001 to 2013 of the

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, and chairman from 1987 to 1993 of

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* Sir

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, chairman since 2012 of

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, and

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International from 1995 to 2001, and of the Securities and Investments Board (became the

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) from 1988 to 1992 * Air Marshal

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, goalkeeper and former BBC presenter of ''

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'' * Charles Wood, scriptwriter, who co-wrote ''

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'' (1968) and '' Tumbledown'' (1988).

Notable former teachers

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, biologist; taught biology (1938–40) * Paul Holmes, History master (1979–83), Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield (2001–10) * Cec Thompson, former professional

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footballer; Head of Economics and Rugby Master (at the school for 17 years, retired 1991)

References

External links

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Brookfield in an Educational League Table

Ofsted Report (PDF file)

EduBase
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