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Chapel-en-le-Frith High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 941Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 112932URN

Long Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, SK23 0TQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Derbyshire median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Derbyshire

296 applications for 158 places · 19th of 45 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.9of 90
12th of 45 in Derbyshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 8 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Year 7
close to Derbyshire median (1.7) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

296 applications · 158 places offered · 185 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  2. 2025 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.2; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.1; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.3; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.8; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.1; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.1; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.3; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261582961.91851.17
Sep 20251722731.61731.01
Sep 20241603172.01971.23
Sep 20231933521.82001.04
Sep 20221843401.91820.99
Sep 20211753301.91710.98
Sep 20201763802.21961.11
Sep 20191753612.11881.07
Sep 20181774122.32221.25
Sep 20172053701.82061.00
Sep 20161793692.12081.16
Sep 20151773712.11981.12
Sep 20141734022.32241.29

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

185 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.912th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%16th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.34
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18548.948%72%–
2024/2517643.838%58%–
2023/2418448.447%70%+0.34
2022/2318747.349%70%+0.04

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
112932 · 830/4019
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
950 pupils · 941 on roll
Free school meals
26.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Address
Long Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, SK23 0TQ
Local authority
Derbyshire · High Peak

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources