Parkside Community School
Boythorpe Avenue, Boythorpe, Chesterfield, S40 2NS
This school is closed (it closed in March 2023).
It was replaced by Parkside Community School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Riggott
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Chesterfield
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 585
- URN
- 112961
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Parkside Community School was a community secondary school in Chesterfield. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 585 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Parkside Community School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 103 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.9 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.48 +0.21 to +0.76 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 32% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 |
How Parkside Community School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 12% | 51.8% | 585 | — |
| Parkside Community School | 41 | 9.9% | 51.9% | 587 | 0.0 miles |
| Brookfield Community School | 50.8 | 8% | 20.8% | 1,156 | 1.3 miles |
| Outwood Academy Newbold | 48.9 | 6.2% | 36.9% | 1,030 | 1.5 miles |
| Outwood Academy Hasland Hall | 47.5 | 7% | 33% | 847 | 1.6 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy | 59.4 | 5.9% | 17.4% | 1,400 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.8%
- English as an additional language
- 7.5%
- Overall absence
- 12%
- Persistent absence
- 40.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Parkside Community School0.0 miles
Secondary · Chesterfield
-
Brookfield Community School1.3 miles
Secondary · Chesterfield
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Outwood Academy Newbold1.5 miles
Secondary · Chesterfield
-
Outwood Academy Hasland Hall1.6 miles
Secondary · Chesterfield
-
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Chesterfield
Other schools in Chesterfield
- Brookfield Community School Secondary
- Heritage High School Secondary
- Netherthorpe School Secondary
- Outwood Academy Hasland Hall Secondary
- Outwood Academy Newbold Secondary
- Parkside Community School Secondary
- Springwell Community College Secondary
- St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Secondary
- The Bolsover School Secondary
- Tupton Hall School Secondary
- Whittington Green School Secondary
- Abercrombie Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Parkside Community School teach?
- Parkside Community School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Chesterfield.
- Has Parkside Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Parkside Community School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Parkside Community School?
- Parkside Community School had 585 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- What are Parkside Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parkside Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 11 September 2023.