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New Mills School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 692Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 112936URN

Church Lane, New Mills, High Peak, SK22 4NR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 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
2.3per place
0.5 above Derbyshire median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Derbyshire

323 applications for 143 places · 7th of 45 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.5of 90
13th of 45 in Derbyshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 11 March 2025Ofsted'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
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Derbyshire median (1.7) close to England median (2.2)

323 applications · 143 places offered · 123 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  2. 2025 2.1; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.1; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.2; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.2; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.7; 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 20261433232.31230.86
Sep 20251372812.11401.02
Sep 20241432852.01180.83
Sep 20231463132.11340.92
Sep 20221472932.01450.99
Sep 20211132522.21040.92
Sep 20201282842.21150.90
Sep 20191462211.51050.72
Sep 20181261791.41050.83
Sep 2017701432.0690.99
Sep 20161121671.5970.87
Sep 20151031501.5840.82
Sep 2014821391.7730.89

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

114 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.513th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%17th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths68%
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.18
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)11448.547%68%–
2024/2512344.530%65%–
2023/2412749.649%65%+0.18
2022/2313244.137%63%−0.11

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
112936 · 830/4057
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
750 pupils · 692 on roll
Free school meals
26.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Church Lane, New Mills, High Peak, SK22 4NR
Local authority
Derbyshire · High Peak

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