Established | 1990 |
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Type | Academy |
Headteacher | Mr S. Edmonds |
Chair of Governors | Ms K Pebworth |
Location | Chatsworth Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 3NS England Coordinates: 53°13′55″N 1°28′14″W / 53.23188°N 1.47052°W |
Local authority | Derbyshire |
DfE number | ???/4196 |
DfE URN | 112962 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Staff | 85 teaching, 60 support |
Students | 1362 (2007/2008) |
Gender | Coeducational |
Ages | 11–18 |
Website | Brookfield Community School |
Brookfield Community School is an academy school located on Chatsworth Road (A619) in the west of the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire in England.
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Admissions
Brookfield Community School is a secondary school which caters for over 1300 students between the ages 11–18 (Years 7-13), including approximately 300 sixth formers.
Academic performance
The school's Ofsted inspection judged Brookfield to be a "Good" school. [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.
History
Brookfield Community School was formed 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.[citation needed]
Notable former pupils
- Ian Blackwell, cricketer[citation needed]
- Andrew Bridge, England basketball player[citation needed]
- Tom Latimer, professional wrestler known as Kenneth Cameron[citation needed]
- Dene Cropper, Professional football player[citation needed]
- Brett Domino, musician and entertainer[citation needed]
- Rik Makarem, actor[citation needed]
- Dougie Swallow, impersonator[citation needed]
- Ryan Fletcher, musician Lawson[citation needed]
References
- ^ Brookfield Community School Ofsted Report. (3-4 December 2014). Inspection Report.