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Academy sponsor led · Derbyshire

Heritage High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 940Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 144391URN

Boughton Lane, Clowne, Chesterfield, S43 4QG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
0.4 below Derbyshire median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Derbyshire

217 applications for 163 places · 42nd of 45 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.7of 90
44th of 45 in Derbyshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 11 October 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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
1.3applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Derbyshire median (1.7) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

217 applications · 163 places offered · 138 named it first

  1. 2026 1.3; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  2. 2025 1.3; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.3; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.3; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.3; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Derbyshire median in 0 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median

Dashed bars: as Heritage High School (URN 112964), 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 20261632171.31380.85
Sep 20251772271.31650.93
Sep 20241922551.31840.96
Sep 20231963171.62151.10
Sep 20221992681.41950.98
Sep 20211912721.41830.96
Sep 20201722731.61721.00
Sep 20192002781.41880.94
Sep 20181752321.31290.74
Sep 20171602171.41260.79
Sep 2016 *1622111.31420.88
Sep 2015 *1191751.51130.95
Sep 2014 *1512041.41280.85

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

168 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.744th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%37th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths52%
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.09
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16837.734%52%–
2024/2516640.036%59%–
2023/2420436.332%50%−1.09
2022/2317336.620%48%−0.89

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
144391 · 830/4007
Trust
The Two Counties Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,019 pupils · 940 on roll
Free school meals
40.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2017
Replaced
Heritage High School (URN 112964)
Address
Boughton Lane, Clowne, Chesterfield, S43 4QG
Local authority
Derbyshire · Bolsover

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