Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Derbyshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 11 July 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 17 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry452 applications · 301 places offered · 294 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2025 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2019 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2018 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2016 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.4; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 301 | 452 | 1.5 | 294 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 306 | 496 | 1.6 | 307 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 302 | 504 | 1.7 | 307 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 306 | 570 | 1.9 | 350 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 | 303 | 553 | 1.8 | 353 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 305 | 536 | 1.8 | 323 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2020 | 305 | 493 | 1.6 | 305 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 298 | 543 | 1.8 | 324 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2018 | 297 | 570 | 1.9 | 359 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2017 | 298 | 552 | 1.9 | 343 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2016 | 296 | 481 | 1.6 | 305 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 | 296 | 460 | 1.6 | 302 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 | 295 | 424 | 1.4 | 282 | 0.96 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 298 | 49.4 | 52% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 289 | 50.0 | 53% | 74% | – |
| 2023/24 | 300 | 50.9 | 56% | 75% | +0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 292 | 50.2 | 57% | 79% | −0.02 |
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
- Dronfield Henry Fanshawe SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.5applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · SheffieldGood20221.7applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · DerbyshireGood20231.9applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · Sheffield20262.0applications per place 52.8Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 57.7Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · DerbyshireOutstanding20242.3applications per place 60.3Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · DerbyshireRemains Good20222.5applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · SheffieldOutstanding20235.5applications per place 66.6Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · DerbyshireSpecial measures 20261.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 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
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 112969 · 830/4509
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,809 pupils · 1,810 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Green Lane, Dronfield, S18 2FZ
- Local authority
- Derbyshire · North East Derbyshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources