Graded inspection · Nov 2024 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 |
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 entry261 applications · 164 places offered · 159 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2025 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Derbyshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Derbyshire median
Dashed bars: as Springwell Community College (URN 112966), 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 | 164 | 261 | 1.6 | 159 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 148 | 246 | 1.7 | 139 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 164 | 256 | 1.6 | 158 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 183 | 301 | 1.6 | 172 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 181 | 311 | 1.7 | 180 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 185 | 324 | 1.8 | 209 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2020 * | 184 | 291 | 1.6 | 191 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2019 * | 166 | 335 | 2.0 | 186 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2018 * | 167 | 307 | 1.8 | 159 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 * | 149 | 255 | 1.7 | 139 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 161 | 259 | 1.6 | 156 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 149 | 275 | 1.9 | 147 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 * | 151 | 267 | 1.8 | 140 | 0.93 |
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.) | 164 | 38.0 | 36% | 52% | – |
| 2024/25 | 171 | 37.9 | 29% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 164 | 36.7 | 26% | 54% | −0.56 |
| 2022/23 | 168 | 39.0 | 32% | 49% | −0.69 |
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
- Springwell Community CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · DerbyshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · DerbyshireGood20231.9applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · DerbyshireRemains Good20222.5applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · DerbyshireGood20231.8applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · DerbyshireSpecial measures 20261.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Derbyshire20261.7applications per place 36.4Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · DerbyshireOutstanding20242.3applications per place 60.3Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · Derbyshire20251.9applications per place 42.9Attainment 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
- 147400 · 830/4200
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 850 pupils · 836 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2020
- Replaced
- Springwell Community College (URN 112966)
- Address
- Middlecroft Road, Staveley, Chesterfield, S43 3NQ
- Local authority
- Derbyshire · Chesterfield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources