Established 1962 Headteacher Claire Hollister DfE URN 138647 Tables Number of students 1,085 | Type Academy DfE number 888/4311 Phone +44 1257 264596 Founded 1962 | |
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Location Southport RoadChorleyLancashirePR7 1LLEngland Motto Learn, Respect, Aspire, Achieve Profiles | ||
Parklands High School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status located in Chorley, Lancashire, England. The school has been judged "Good" with "Outstanding" in the behaviour and safety of pupils in the 2014 Ofsted Report. There are currently 1085 students on roll (as of September 2016).
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The current headteacher (Mrs C Hollister) is the 5th Headteacher of Parklands. She was appointed Headteacher in 2008 when the previous headteacher, Mrs J McGrath retired from the school.
Grammar school
The current Parklands High School was originally called Chorley Grammar School. It was originally housed in buildings in Union Street, Chorley which is now home to the public library.
It changed its name in 1972, when the school changed from a grammar school to a comprehensive school, to Parklands High School.
Parklands High School held a specialist language college status from 2003-2012.
Since 1962, the school badge reads "Propositi Tenax" which translates to "Firm of Purpose"
The current motto if the school is Learn, Respect, Aspire, Achieve which has been used since the school became an academy.
The school introduced a house system in 2012 which introduced the vertical tutoring system. There are 5 houses in the school; Asia, South America, Australasia, Europe and Africa. There are 8 different countries in each house. Each form in Parklands represents a country in their house. This system replaced the traditional form groups in 2012.
Buildings
The current school buildings were opened in 1959. This included the Hall, Concourse, South and North blocks and the Gym. Several buildings have been erected since the school was first built. Including the West block (built in 1970s) which is currently used as History, Music and ICT classrooms.
The first major building work was the extension of the North block, which added 4 more English classrooms and 2 photography rooms, which are currently named as N01, N02, N14, N15, N24 and N25. This addition was constructed when Mr Ray Landless was the headmaster of the school.
The Science Blocks (L1/L2) were constructed in 1989. There is a plaque in the hallway in this block which reads "This Parklands Science Block was opened by Mr R. Landless. Headmaster of the school 1969-89 on 7th December 1989"
There were two major building additions in the 2000s – A new Art, RE, Drama, and Science block which replaced the previous ROSLA block which was demolished, a new sports hall and in (2010) an extension to the front of the building to extend the dining area and reception. In addition students created a new outdoor social area. Parklands was first made a Language College in 2003.
In 2014, the Parklands Pavilion was opened after months of refurbishment. This building is currently used as dance studios and is also used for assemblies.
Academy
Parklands High School converted to academy status in September 2012, meaning the school is now independent of local authority control.
Facilities
The school has its own all-weather pitched which is used for various PE activities, a drama studio, a sportshall, a GYM, and the original hall. All of which are available to the public for casual and block bookings.
Academic performance
GCSE results 2016
67% achieved A* - C in both Maths and English Language/Literature. Progress 8 score is -0.13. Attainment 8 score was 5.3. 41% pupils were entered for the Ebacc and 29% achieved the benchmark.