Brimington Junior School

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Brimington Junior School is an English community junior school located in Brimington, Chesterfield, north Derbyshire. The school caters for both boys and girls aged 7-11.

[edit] Students

Most of the pupils live in Brimington or the nearby area. 221 boys and 166 girls who attended the school in 2003 and most are entitled to free school meals. The school uniform consists of red and black with black trousers and a red jumper (with the school logo on it) over a plain white polo shirt.

[edit] Campus

Since the school was established, it has used two different buildings within walking distance of each other.

[edit] The Old Brimington Junior Building

The old and first building to be the Brimington Junior School was built mostly in 1878 and was a Victorian junior school. Before it was closed in 1998, the school consisted of one large main building where most of the teaching took place, one wooden building divided into two classrooms and a toilet, another building which was used for the school assemblies every day, a couple of outside toilets, a wooden bike shed and an old building behind the wooden class rooms which was used for storing donations for the upcoming summer fair. At break times the pupils went outside into the playground which surrounded the main building. Football games took place near the car entrance. At dinner there was a small school run sweet shop which was converted into private flats after the school moved out of the building. The ground in which the school used for sports days and other important race events was a short walk away near the new building.

[edit] The New Building

The old school was in poor condition after 120 years, and ceased being used in 1998. A new campus was built within walking distance of the old site.

The current Brimington Junior School is on Springvale Road, Brimington, Chesterfield, it is built on the former site of Westwood Upper School which was demolished in 1993.It is a one story building. Unlike the old building, different zones are used by different age groups. In addition to classrooms, the building contains a hall, which is used for assemblies and sport, a cafeteria and a library.

The school also has a sports shed where sports equipment and summer fair equipment is stored. The main building was full rectangle except for the two small garden area which had small rocks, plants and even a pond. There are also two benches dedicated to two boys who died in an accident. The playground is divided into two sections, the normal playground and a section which has 30 basketball nets hanging up to be used and which also double up as the football pitch area. There is also a little playground for younger children.

[edit] External links

• OFSTED report on Brimington Junior 2001
• BBC - school position in national league table
• Government performance information