Parkside Community College
| Established | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Andrew Hutchinson OBE |
| Chair | Dr Mark Carrington |
| Location |
Parkside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EH England  Coordinates: 52°12′16″N 0°07′43″E / 52.20441°N 0.12851°E |
| DfE URN | 136636 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 666 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Trust | The City of Cambridge Education Foundation |
| Website | Parkside Federation |
Parkside Community College is a secondary academy school with 600 places for children aged 11–16, situated in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. It is part of the Parkside Federation, along with Coleridge Community College.
The college has two specialisms in arts and languages. The College is situated in the centre of the city, north of Parker's Piece. It is now a member of the Parkside Federation along with Coleridge Community College under principal Andrew Hutchinson. Parkside was the first school to be designated a specialist media arts college in 1997, under the UK government's specialist schools programme. It has developed a second specialism in Modern Foreign Languages. Although called a 'community college', it is neither a community school nor a college but had foundation status since 2003 and then became an academy.
It is situated east of the A603 and next to the main Cambridge Parkside police station and the National Express coach stops. It is east of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
The school was first opened as a higher grade school in Melbourne Place in 1913, providing places for about 820 boys and girls; fees between 6d and 9d a week were charged. Following the Education Act 1918, it became a central school.
From 1960 to 1974 it was the Cambridge Grammar School for Girls, after which it became the co-educational comprehensive Parkside Community College.
It was the first school in the UK to be designated a Media Arts College under the UK government's specialist schools programme, in 1997.
It was granted Foundation status in 2003, and Academy status in 2011.
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