New Mills School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- School rating
- Good Mar 11 2025 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
- 112936
- Address
- Church Lane, New Mills, SK22 4NR
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 680 (88% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.4%
- Girls
- 51.6%
- First language not English
- 4%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 27.8%
- Persistent absence
- 18.6%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 16.8%
White British 90.9%
Other White 3.7%
Mixed 2.5%
Other 1.2%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
African 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 31%
Local authority average 30%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 30%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 44.3
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.75
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 33 |
| Multimedia | Technical Award | 53 |
| Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 23 |
| Sports Studies | Technical Award | 24 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 29 |
| Astronomy | GCSE | 1 |
| Biology | GCSE | 14 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 11 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 13 |
| English Language | GCSE | 123 |
Admissions
New Mills School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 137
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 140
- 2nd preference
- 83
- 3rd preference
- 48
- From another Local Authority
- 82
Offers
- 1st preference
- 126
- 2nd preference
- 9
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 25
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.4 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 149 69 80 |
| Year 8 | 135 60 75 |
| Year 9 | 155 79 76 |
| Year 10 | 118 59 59 |
| Year 11 | 123 62 61 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 85.0% 81.4% 85.5% |
Further education | 45.0% 41.6% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 33.9% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 37.0% 5.4% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.4% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 0.0% 3.6% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 5.4% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 8.0% 6.5% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 4.0% 3.1% 3.0% |