Hasland Hall Community School

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Hasland Hall Community School
Established	Monday 11 January 1932
Type	Secondary Comprehensive
Headteacher	Miss Heather Boulton
Location	Broomfield Avenue Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 0LP England
LEA	Derbyshire
Ofsted number	112959
Students	840
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 16
Website	http://www.haslandhall.net
Coordinates: 53°13′06″N 1°24′23″W / 53.21826, -1.40628

Hasland Hall Community School is an English secondary school situated in Hasland, a village in Chesterfield. Hasland Hall, for many years was the residence of Mr Bernard Lucas J.P. and then converted into a school.

Hasland Hall provides education from years 7 to 11 (ages 11-16).

A new building consisting of five classrooms was opened in September 2006. Laptops have also been introduced across the school.

History

The main building was residence to Mr Bernard Lucas J.P. and later of Mr Charles Markham J.P. The building (now the old hall) was later converted into a school. The fields made it used for all activities.

It was with the sale of Hasland Hall Mansion House with cottages, farm buildings and lands in 1924 that the first steps towards the school were taken. The second step was taken in 1931 when the Hall itself and surrounding gardens and parkland, approximately 12¾ acres (5.2 ha) in all, was sold to the Mayor, Alderman and Burgesses of the Borough of Chesterfield.

In spite of difficulties and delays due to weather, senior boys and girls commenced their studies in the Secondary Modern School at Hasland Hall on Monday 11 January 1932. Mr B. C. Boden moved with the children from the headship of the Church of England School on The Green to be Headmaster of the new school. He was assisted by eight members of staff, these being Mr A. E. Pountain, Mr E. H. Simmons, Misses C. Beach, M. Heath, M. Stanley, P. Wildin, Mr O. J. Tonks and Miss Greenwood (part-time). Each class was limited to 40 scholars, and the practical work classes to 20. The school accommodated for 288, and 280 scholars attended on the first day.

Prior to the school opening, alterations had been carried out on the Hall resulting in classrooms with much of the original building left. The cost of the Hall and site, including the lodge where the caretaker resided was £4,500. The contract price amounted to £5,600.

Over the years the school has undergone many alterations, including a project which was started in 1992. This consisted of several new classrooms, six science laboratories, a sports hall with changing rooms and showers, a reception foyer and two courtyards. It also included a restaurant which was also to cater for the pupils of Hasland Junior School.

20th century

In 1992, the school opened a new building with many classrooms. The temporary buildings that surrounded the main hall were demolished. The new block of classrooms became the main Hasland Hall building. It included 12 classrooms, 6 science laboratories, 2 I.C.T. suites, 2 art rooms, a cookery room, a woodwork room, a library, a main entrance and several offices.

Due to more houses being built in Hasland and the surrounding areas, the school still didn't have enough room. Because of this, temporary blocks were built, creating 14 new classrooms.

21st century

On 6 September 2006, the block of 5 classrooms were opened. This set of 5 classrooms would be the languages rooms. Four of these rooms (rooms 26, 27, 28 and 30) have interactive whiteboards, and there are some laptops to be used. The laptops arrived in the new block on February 23, 2007, after several weeks of preparation of the laptops for use. The introducing of laptops to the school has also taken place in the English department and Science department. With these pieces of technology, students are able to take part in activities with others, access the internet, and use the internet to learn.

External links

• Hasland Hall Community School Website
• The Hasland Hall School Newspaper Website
• 2005 Ofsted Report