Park View School, Chester-le-Street

Park View School
Entrance to the main building
Address
Map
Church Chare

Chester-le-Street
,
County Durham
,
DH3 3QA

England
Coordinates54°51′18″N 1°34′12″W / 54.8550°N 1.5700°W / 54.8550; -1.5700
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoBehave with honesty, treat people with sincerity
Established2011
Department for Education URN136971 Tables
OfstedReports
ChairWilliam Dennison
HeadmasterAndrew Finley
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1519
Colour(s)Black and Gold    
PublicationPark Views
Websitehttp://www.parkviewlearning.net

Park View School is an academy and sixth form in Chester-le-Street, County Durham for students aged 11 to 18. Year 7 and 8 students spend the first two years at the North Lodge site two miles to the north of the Church Chare site. During 2012 to 2013, it underwent a £1 million refurbishment.[1]

History

Chester-le-Street Secondary School opened in September 1911. The school changed names to Chester-le-Street Grammar School in 1944, the Deanery in 1969, Park View Comprehensive in 1976, then finally Park View Community School in 1982.[2] In July 2011, it became an academy shortening its name to Park View School.

Ofsted and academic achievement

The North Lodge

In 1997 Park View Community School was designated as a Language College, and in 2008, it was awarded High Performing Specialist School Status and adopted an additional specialism in Applied Learning. It has also been awarded Beacon Status, the International School Award, the Language for Export Award, the Artsmark Award, the Sportsmark and Activemark Awards 2006, the Leading Edge School Award. The school generally gets good results, with the best GCSE and A-level results in County Durham. The 2004 Ofsted inspection rated Park View "very good" in every category.[3] Since the 2008 inspection the school has been consistently rated "good".[4][5][6]

Extracurricular activities

In 2007, Park View took part in the NGS River Monitoring Project.[7][8][9][10] In 2009, the school had its first student attain a place on the Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme, the Global Fellowship programme ceased at the end of March 2011.[11] From 2011, the school has participated in the Comenius Bilateral School Partnerships programme.[12][13]

Notable alumni

Chester-le-Street Grammar School

Park View Comprehensive

Park View Community School

References

  1. ^ "North Lodge". School website.
  2. ^ "School's search for pupils as 100th anniversary approaches". Sunderland Echo. 21 February 2011.
  3. ^ "2004 Section 3 Inspection" (PDF). Ofsted.
  4. ^ "2008 Inspection" (PDF). Ofsted.
  5. ^ "2011 Interim Assessment" (PDF). Ofsted.
  6. ^ "2012 Inspection" (PDF). Ofsted.
  7. ^ "Durham Programme NGS School Partnership Plan". British Council. Archived from the original (DOC) on 4 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Durham University meeting" (PDF). British Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013.
  9. ^ "NGS River Monitoring Project". British Council. Archived from the original (DOC) on 4 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Report on NGS School Partnership Plan" (PDF). British Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013.
  11. ^ "Global Fellowship". British Council. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012.
  12. ^ "UK Comenius Bilateral School Partnerships 2011". British Council. Archived from the original (XLS) on 4 October 2013.
  13. ^ "UK Comenius Bilateral School Partnerships 2012". British Council. Archived from the original (XLS) on 4 October 2013.