Parkview Community College of Technology

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Parkview School Parkview Community College of Technology
Established	1970s
Type	Secondary School Community College of Technology
Headteacher	Mrs Enid Fraser
Teaching staff	?
Students	946
Location	West Avenue Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria England, United Kingdom
Colours	Green, navy blue (yellow and red inc. houses)
Email	enquiries@parkview.cumbria.sch.uk
DFES Number	5409
Website	[1]

Parkview Community College of Technology is the largest secondary school in the town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. 946 pupils attend the school that sits at the bottom of West Avenue, facing Park Drive, and Barrow Public Park (the origin of the name). The school has two distinctive buildings, Fraser Building and Auld Building, with the extensions of the Sports Hall/ Gym and Technology Department. Auld Building was built in the Victorian area as the Barrow Girls Grammar School, and adjacent to it The Barrow Boys Grammar School (now Fraser Building). In 1979 the two Grammar Schools merged along with Risedale School to form a comprehensive, that is now Parkview. Risedale was formerly situated on Risedale Road where Netto is now sited.

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The headteacher of Parkview is Mrs Enid Fraser B.A and the School is now a specialist technology college, and accepts students from 11-16 years of age. Parkview is split into four houses (red, yellow, blue and green) or as they are also known (Renoir, Faraday, Austen and Bonnington) with approximately 250 students each covering years 7,8,9,10 and 11. A coloured stripe on the tie indicates which of the four houses a student belongs to. The current reigning house champion is Bonington and the inter-house sports champion is Austen.

[edit] The Future

Parkview School as a whole is one of the newest schools in Barrow, but the buildings are almost 80 years old. The Boys Grammar School moved to this site in 1930, although it had existed since 1880 at two different sites in town. Due to dropping student numbers in Barrow, there is a plan to knock down Alfred Barrow School, Thorncliffe School and to make a huge new academy on the current Parkview site. This High School style building will be open by 2010 if the plans still go ahead.