[1] As William Rhodes Secondary School, the Brass Band won the National Festival of Music for Youth on four occasions in the late 1970s.

Squadron Leader Norman Crookes was the headmaster for 20 years from 1961.

[3] The adjacent primary and junior schools retain their original name.

[6] Parkside Community School offers GCSEs, BTECs, Cambridge Nationals and ASDAN qualifications as programmes of study for pupils.

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