Parklands High School, Chorley

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Parklands High School
Address
Southport Road Chorley , Lancashire , PR7 1LL England
Coordinates	53°39′22″N 2°38′46″W / 53.6562°N 2.6461°W / 53.6562; -2.6461
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1962
Department for Education URN	138647 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Executive Headteacher	Clare Batson
Staff	100+
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	1098
Colour(s)	Navy Blue
Former name	Chorley Grammar School of Chorley Old Road
Website	http://www.parklandsacademy.co.uk

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, by Ofsted in February 2014^{[citation needed]}. There are currently 1085 students on roll. The current headteacher, Mrs Batson, is the seventh headteacher of Parklands. She was appointed headteacher in 2023.

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.

From 2003 to 2012, Parklands High School held a specialist language college status. The school badge formerly read Propositi Tenax, which translates to Firm of Purpose. The current motto of the school is Learn, Respect, Aspire, Achieve, which has been used since the school became an academy.

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. This includes the west block, which was built in 1970s, and is currently used as history, music and ICT classrooms.

The first major building work was the extension of the north block, which added four more English classrooms and two photography rooms, which are currently named as N01, N02, N14, N15, N24 and N25. This addition was constructed when Mr. Ray Landless was the headteacher of the school. The Science Blocks (L1/L2) were constructed in 1989.

There were two major building additions in the 2000s, a new art, RE, drama, and science block which replaced the previous block ROSLA, 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.

In late 2020, the previous science block was renovated to create 8 new English classrooms named after influential authors throughout time. Additionally, four former English classrooms were refurbished; creating two new science suites.

Parklands High School converted to academy status in September 2012, meaning the school is now independent of local authority control.

This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (October 2019)

• Paul Grayson, England rugby player
• Tom Smith, currently with Lancashire County Cricket Club
• David Unsworth, former footballer, coach of Preston North End F.C.
• Holly Bradshaw, olympian
• Bethany Black, Comedian, Actor
• Yrsa Daley-Ward, poet, author, actor

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• Parklands High School Facilities