Brookfield Community School, Chesterfield

Brookfield Community School

Established	1990
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.

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.

Notable former pupils

• Ian Blackwell, cricketer
• Andrew Bridge, England basketball player
• Tom Latimer, professional wrestler known as Kenneth Cameron
• Dene Cropper, professional football player
• Brett Domino, musician and entertainer
• Ryan Fletcher, musician Lawson
• Rik Makarem, actor

Chesterfield Grammar School

• Chris Adams, former Derbyshire and England cricketer.^[2]
• Jeffery Aldam CBE MC, County Education Officer from 1973-83 of Hampshire, and Suffolk from 1962–71
• Sir Alfred Arnold, Conservative MP from 1895-1900 for Halifax
• 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 Geoffrey Bennington, Professor of French from 1983-99 at the University of Sussex
• 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
• Francis Chavasse, Bishop of Liverpool from 1900–23
• Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles Darwin
• Robert Waring Darwin of Elston, botanist
• 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
• Ken Gibbons, Archdeacon of Lancaster from 1981–97
• Terry Gilbert, ballet dancer
• Richard Gillingwater CBE, Dean from 2007-2012 of the Cass Business School, Chief Executive from 2003-6 of Credit Suisse First Boston
• Rt Rev William Godfrey (bishop), Bishop of Peru since 1998
• Prof John Goodman CBE, Frank Thomas Professor of Industrial Relations from 1975-2002 at UMIST
• Prof Michael Gunn, Vice-Chancellor since 2011 of Staffordshire University, and Professor of Law from 1997-2006 at Nottingham Trent University
• 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
• Ralph Heathcote, writer
• 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 from 2012 of Poundstretcher, and from 1996-2012 of Cardiff-based Peacocks
• Prof David Lowe, Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University.
• Prof Sir William McCrea, astronomer
• Geoff Miller, England cricketer
• Charles Newcombe, cricketer
• Professor Ian Newton, OBE FRS FRSE, former Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood
• Josiah Pearson, Bishop of Newcastle (Australia) from 1880–90
• Sir Robert Robinson FRSE, Nobel-prize winning organic chemist, and discoverer of the structure of morphine and penicillin, and invented the symbol for benzene in 1923
• 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
• Nick Scholte, Chief Executive since 2006 of the NHS Business Services Authority
• Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1758–68
• Prof Edwin Smith, Professor of Metallurgy from 1968-88 at UMIST
• Captain Edwin Swale CBE DFC, WWI flying ace
• Peter Ullathorne FRSA, architect^[3]
• Sir Brian Unwin, President from 1993-99 of the European Investment Bank, and from 2001-13 of the European Centre for Nature Conservation, and Chairman from 1987-93 of HM Customs and Excise
• Sir David Walker (banker), Chairman since 2012 of Barclays, and Morgan Stanley International from 1995-2001, and of the Securities and Investments Board (became the Financial Services Authority) from 1988–92
• Air Marshal Philip Wigglesworth
• Prof Derrick Willmott, Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Sheffield, Dean from 2008-11 of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS)
• Bob Wilson, goalkeeper and former BBC presenter of Football Focus
• John Fawcett Wilson, BBC radio producer
• Charles Wood, scriptwriter, who co-wrote the 1967 How I Won the War and the 1988 Tumbledown

Former teachers

• Cyril Bibby, biologist; taught biology (1938–40)
• Paul Holmes,^[4] 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)

References

1. Brookfield Community School Ofsted Report. (3–4 December 2014). Inspection Report.
2. "Chris Adams - Cricket Players and Officials". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
3. Peter Ullathorne
4. "Examination of Witnesses (Questions 960 - 979)". House of Commons. 8 December 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2011.

External links

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