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St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 577Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 142042URN

Sunlaws Street, Glossop, SK13 8DR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

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

231 applications for 102 places · 7th of 45 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
49.2of 90
11th of 45 in Derbyshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 January 2026Published 8 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 January 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 5 October 2021
    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
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Derbyshire median (1.7) close to England median (2.2)

231 applications · 102 places offered · 96 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.3; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  2. 2025 2.1; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.1; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.5; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.5; 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 2.1; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.2; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Derbyshire median in 11 of 11 years.
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median

Dashed bars: as St Philip Howard Catholic School (URN 112972), 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 20261022312.3960.94
Sep 20251132392.11271.12
Sep 20241132372.11080.96
Sep 20231122752.51151.03
Sep 20221142802.51391.22
Sep 20211182592.21321.12
Sep 20201192632.21221.03
Sep 20191172412.1900.77
Sep 20181182412.0950.81
Sep 2017991972.0940.95
Sep 2016621382.2580.94
Sep 2015 *911792.0890.98
Sep 2014 *1031761.7980.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

112 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.211th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%15th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths75%
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.22
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)11249.248%75%–
2024/2511140.525%51%–
2023/2411143.840%55%+0.22
2022/2311945.936%60%+0.12

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
142042 · 830/4005
Trust
St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
485 pupils · 577 on roll
Free school meals
28.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2015
Replaced
St Philip Howard Catholic School (URN 112972)
Address
Sunlaws Street, Glossop, SK13 8DR
Local authority
Derbyshire · High Peak

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