Graded inspection · Jan 2025 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 | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| Sixth form provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry337 applications · 148 places offered · 134 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2025 2.6; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2024 2.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2023 3.3; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2022 2.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2021 3.0; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.8; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2019 3.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2018 3.2; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2017 3.1; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2016 2.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2015 2.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2014 2.8; 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 | 148 | 337 | 2.3 | 134 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 163 | 419 | 2.6 | 163 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 164 | 418 | 2.6 | 160 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 167 | 544 | 3.3 | 182 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 172 | 456 | 2.7 | 166 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 169 | 498 | 3.0 | 144 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2020 | 164 | 459 | 2.8 | 146 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 167 | 577 | 3.5 | 233 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2018 | 168 | 542 | 3.2 | 257 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2017 | 167 | 515 | 3.1 | 254 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2016 | 168 | 453 | 2.7 | 202 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 | 164 | 418 | 2.6 | 170 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2014 | 167 | 466 | 2.8 | 211 | 1.26 |
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.) | 158 | 42.8 | 41% | 53% | – |
| 2024/25 | 163 | 42.1 | 33% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 197 | 39.8 | 29% | 49% | −0.76 |
| 2022/23 | 182 | 41.4 | 36% | 60% | −0.85 |
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
- Netherthorpe SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · DerbyshireGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · DerbyshireGood20231.3applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · DerbyshireGood20231.9applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · DerbyshireSpecial measures 20261.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · Derbyshire20251.9applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · DerbyshireRemains Good20222.5applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · DerbyshireGood20231.8applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 7.6 km · DerbyshireOutstanding20242.3applications per place 60.3Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137902 · 830/5400
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 907 pupils · 973 on roll
- Free school meals
- 45.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2012
- Replaced
- Netherthorpe School (URN 112985)
- Address
- Ralph Road, Staveley, Chesterfield, S43 3PU
- Local authority
- Derbyshire · Chesterfield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources