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Academy sponsor led · Derbyshire

Outwood Academy Newbold

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,030Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 141377URN

Highfield Lane, Newbold, Chesterfield, S41 8BA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodNov 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2022
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.7 above Derbyshire median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Derbyshire

367 applications for 150 places · 1st of 45 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.6of 90
6th of 45 in Derbyshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodNov 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2022

Inspection history

  1. 23 November 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 14 November 2017
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.5applications per place, Year 7
0.7 above Derbyshire median (1.7) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

367 applications · 150 places offered · 130 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  2. 2025 2.3; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.7; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 3.0; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.8; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.9; 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 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median

Dashed bars: as Newbold Community School (URN 112960), the previous school.

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 20261503672.51300.87
Sep 20251724032.31620.94
Sep 20241714062.41751.02
Sep 20231764702.71981.13
Sep 20221754802.72241.28
Sep 20211765213.02321.32
Sep 20201744932.82341.34
Sep 20191704282.52141.26
Sep 20181743351.91670.96
Sep 20171392722.01310.94
Sep 20161642461.51280.78
Sep 20151732901.71520.88
Sep 2014 *1222251.8870.71

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

176 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.66th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths56%5th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.38
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17650.656%77%–
2024/2517348.951%73%–
2023/2418248.553%70%+0.38
2022/2318048.052%73%+0.21

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
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  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
141377 · 830/4004
Trust
Outwood Grange Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,028 pupils · 1,030 on roll
Free school meals
39.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 January 2015
Replaced
Newbold Community School (URN 112960)
Address
Highfield Lane, Newbold, Chesterfield, S41 8BA
Local authority
Derbyshire · Chesterfield

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