Chesham Park Community College

Infobox UK school
name = Chesham Park Community College

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motto = Commitment Care Community
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head = Mr Kevin Patrick
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specialist = Arts College
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street = Chartridge Lane
city = Chesham
county = Buckinghamshire
country = England flagicon|England
postcode = HP5 2RG
LEA = Buckinghamshire
ofsted = 110510
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enrollment = 851
gender = Coeducational
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upper_age = 18
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Chesham Park Community College is a co-educational secondary modern school in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 710 pupils.Mrs I. Perrin was the headteacher until Christmas 2006 when she left to be with her family. The school has now been taken over by Mr K. Patrick. It is a mixed gender school. [cite web
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In 2004 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) awarded the school specialist school status as an Arts College, specialising in the Performing Arts. [cite web
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In 2007 the school won three awards at a UK Rock Challenge competition at St Albans. [cite web
title=Results 2007 - UK 2007 Rock Challenge Tour Calendar
url=http://www.rockchallenge.co.uk/
accessdate=2007-08-15]

Chesham Park Community College is one of several Buckinghamshire schools which host mobile phone masts. Contracts between Buckinghamshire County Council and various mobile phone operators generate an income of £145,000 per annum, of which about £59,000 comes from contracts for masts that are installed in schools. [cite web
title=Questions and Answers for County Council Meeting
publisher=Buckinghamshire County Council
date=2004-01-22
url=http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/cabinet_papers/council/bcc_20040122_questions.pdf
accessdate=2007-04-16] [cite web
title=Is there a mast near you?
publisher=News of the World
url=http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/masts.shtml
accessdate=2007-04-16]

The school hosts an offshoot of Chickenshed known as "Shed@ThePark". [cite web
title = Shed@ThePark
publisher = Chickenshed
url = http://www.chickenshed.org.uk/outreach/set_up_a_shed_case/?id=181
accessdate = 2008-02-04] [cite web
title = Welcome to Shed@ThePark
publisher = Shed@ThePark
url = http://www.shedatthepark.co.uk/
accessdate = 2008-07-15]

History

Chesham Park school was formed in 1988 by merging the Cestreham Boys’ School and the Lowndes Girls’ School. It was renamed Chesham Park Community College in 1993. [cite web
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chool performance

In 2007 30% of pupils achieved five or more A* to C grades including English and Mathematics at GCSE level, compared to 60% of all pupils in the Local Authority and 46.7% nationally [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/07/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/825_4096.stm Chesham Park Community College] BBC News, 2008-01-10] . This means that it is one of the 638 schools in England below the government's 'floor target' for school performance [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7444059.stm Schools below 30% GCSE Target] BBC News, 2008-06-09] . At A-Level and AS-Level, students attain an average 364.6 points, compared to 801 locally and 731.1 nationally . These results reflect Buckinghamshire's selective education policy, as the College shares its catchment area with two grammar schools, Chesham High School and Dr. Challoner's Grammar School [ [http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/get/assets/docs/schools/Bucks_Upper_summary.pdf Upper School Catchment Areas] Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved on 2008-06-11] [ [http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/get/assets/docs/schools/Boys_Grammar_summary.pdf Grammar School Catchment Areas (Boys)] Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved on 2008-06-11] .

References

External links

* [http://www.cheshampark.bucks.sch.uk/ School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/110/110510.pdf Ofsted Report]
* [http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_07.pl?No=8254096&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Phase=1&Year=07&Base=b&Num=825 DCSF Performance Tables]

All the poele at the school work very hard to keep up the good work so give them a pat on the back.