Westfield School, Sheffield

Westfield School is a non-denominational secondary school in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It has (2005) 1266 pupils in the 11-16 age group.

History

Eckington County Secondary School opened in 1930 in Halfway, then in Derbyshire. It became Eckington Grammar School in 1945, with the associated Killamarsh Secondary Modern.

Westfield Comprehensive School came into existence in 1957 as the first comprehensive school in Derbyshire. There were two sites: a new site in Mosborough and the existing Eckington Grammar School (which became the Lower School). Frank Rollinson, appointed headmaster of the Grammar School in 1953, oversaw its conversion into a comprehensive school.

In 1967 Sheffield extended its boundaries to include Mosborough. After peaking at just under 2000 in 1977, Westfield's roll declined in the 1980s and the Lower School at Halfway was demolished in 1989.^[1]

Today

Westfield school campus on Westfield Crescent in Mosborough was closed in December 2006 and the new modern building opened its doors in January 2007. The new school, situated behind the Waterthorpe Supertram Stop in Sothall, is roughly two miles from its predecessor. On 1st May 2007, the new school campus was officially opened by Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who after releasing a net of balloons to mark the opening of the school, spoke to students and answered question about how he got into politics and whether or not he will be raising the pension scheme.

On Monday 12th March 2007, a fire destroyed the woodwork block (H Block) of the Westfield Crescent Campus, which took more than 45 firefighters to put out.

As of September 2007 J Block and M Block have also since been demolished.