Graded inspection · Nov 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry302 applications · 216 places offered · 203 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2025 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Derbyshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Derbyshire median
Dashed bars: as Glossopdale School (URN 112957), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 216 | 302 | 1.4 | 203 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 192 | 285 | 1.5 | 161 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2024 | 214 | 320 | 1.5 | 211 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 261 | 385 | 1.5 | 257 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 252 | 377 | 1.5 | 237 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 216 | 344 | 1.6 | 217 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 215 | 340 | 1.6 | 207 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 * | 195 | 372 | 1.9 | 258 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2018 * | 199 | 340 | 1.7 | 211 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2017 * | 179 | 276 | 1.5 | 177 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 * | 188 | 275 | 1.5 | 177 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 * | 138 | 256 | 1.9 | 125 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2014 * | 150 | 249 | 1.7 | 119 | 0.79 |
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.) | 207 | 43.6 | 40% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 200 | 43.4 | 35% | 61% | – |
| 2023/24 | 220 | 42.8 | 36% | 60% | +0.14 |
| 2022/23 | 209 | 42.3 | 34% | 57% | −0.33 |
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
- Glossopdale School and Sixth FormThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.4applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Derbyshire20262.3applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · TamesideGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · TamesideGood20242.4applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · TamesideRequires improvement20242.4applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Tameside20262.0applications per place 35.1Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · Tameside20262.6applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · TamesideGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 36.5Attainment 8
- 7.5 km · TamesideRequires improvement20232.0applications per place 39.8Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147157 · 830/4012
- Capacity
- 1,440 pupils · 1,162 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2020
- Replaced
- Glossopdale School (URN 112957)
- Address
- Newshaw Lane, Hadfield, Glossop, SK13 2DA
- Local authority
- Derbyshire · High Peak
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources