Chapel-en-le-Frith High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Good
Oct 8 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Derbyshire
Unique reference
112932
Address
Long Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith, SK23 0TQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
943 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
1.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.6%
Persistent absence
17.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.6%
Other White 3.7%
Mixed 2.3%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
African 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 30%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.8
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.87
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE23
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE94
ChemistryGCSE93
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE168
English LiteratureGCSE163
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Chapel-en-le-Frith High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
173
2nd preference
63
3rd preference
36
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
184
86
98
Year 8
208
116
92
Year 9
185
102
83
Year 10
189
99
90
Year 11
177
94
83
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
81.4%
85.5%
Further education
41.0%
41.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
3.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
34.0%
5.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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