Parkside Community School

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'''Parkside Community School''' (formerly William Rhodes Secondary School) is a co-educational secondary school located in the Boythorpe area of Chesterfield in the English county of Derbyshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk/ |title=Home - Parkside Community School Website |publisher=Parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk |date=2013-12-19 |accessdate=2014-02-03}}</ref>

As William Rhodes Secondary School, the Brass Band won the National Festival of Music for Youth on four occasions in the late 1970s. Squadron Leader Norman Crookes was the headmaster for 20 years from 1961.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/9311076/Squadron-Leader-Norman-Crookes.html Obituary: Squadron Leader Norman Crookes], telegraph.co.uk, 4 June 2012</ref> The school was renamed as Parkside in 1991 following a re-organisation of secondary schools in Chesterfield by the county council.<ref name="derbyshire1">{{cite web |url=http://www.parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk/index.php/about-us/about-parkside |title=About Parkside - Parkside Community School Website |publisher=Parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk |date=2013-12-19 |accessdate=2014-02-03 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153613/http://www.parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk/index.php/about-us/about-parkside |archivedate=2014-02-22 }}</ref> The adjacent primary and junior schools retain their original name.

Previously a community school administered by Derbyshire County Council,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/112961|title=Parkside Community School - GOV.UK|website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk}}</ref> in April 2023 Parkside Community School converted to academy status.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/149370 |title=Parkside Community School - GOV.UK |publisher=Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk |date=2022-10-01 |accessdate=2023-04-01}}</ref> The school is now sponsored by the Embark Federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://embarkfederation.com/ |title=Embark Federation |publisher=Embark Federation |date= |accessdate=2023-04-01}}</ref>

Parkside Community School offers GCSEs, BTECs, Cambridge Nationals and ASDAN qualifications as programmes of study for pupils. The school has developed a specialism in Mathematics and Computing.<ref name="derbyshire1"/>

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==External links== *[http://www.parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk/ Parkside Community School official website]

Category:Secondary schools in Derbyshire Category:Academies in Derbyshire Category:Schools in Chesterfield, Derbyshire