New Mills School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Requires improvement Sept 14 2022 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
- 660 (80% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.2%
- Girls
- 49.8%
- First language not English
- 4.1%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 23.2%
- Persistent absence
- 31.8%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 18.8%
White British 90.6%
Other White 3.3%
Mixed 2.9%
Other 1.4%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.11
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.16
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 30%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 37%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 44.1
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.77
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 33 |
| Multimedia | Technical Award | 57 |
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 9 |
| Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 12 |
| Sports Studies | Technical Award | 24 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 42 |
| Astronomy | GCSE | 10 |
| Biology | GCSE | 27 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 28 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 25 |
Admissions
New Mills School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 143
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 118
- 2nd preference
- 86
- 3rd preference
- 66
- From another Local Authority
- 90
Offers
- 1st preference
- 118
- 2nd preference
- 15
- 3rd preference
- 9
- To another Local Authority
- 32
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 25.3 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 133 58 75 |
| Year 8 | 154 78 76 |
| Year 9 | 118 58 60 |
| Year 10 | 128 66 62 |
| Year 11 | 127 71 56 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 80.0% 81.5% 85.6% |
Further education | 60.0% 40.3% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 5.0% 35.3% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 15.0% 5.2% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.6% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 8.0% 5.3% 4.1% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 5.6% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 6.0% 6.3% 5.9% |
| Destination unknown | 2.0% 1.2% 1.2% |