Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
High Peak, SK23 0TQ · Derbyshire · secondary school
16th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 6.0/10 against 865 of them, against 5.0/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 37.5 · 33 | 46% | 1.53 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | 0.34 · 75 | 38% | 2.89 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 43.8 · 38 | 15% | 0.59 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 37.5% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 43.8, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.34 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (6.0 out of 10 against similar schools, 5.0 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join Art, Creative Writing, Drama, Farming, Maths, Philosophy and Ethics, Science, and Spanish Clubs, and attend the Hillhead Show.
Getting in. The school has 941 pupils in a capacity of 950, leaving 9 spare places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.
Worth asking on a visit. With only 9 places remaining, how does the school manage waiting lists for new intakes? Since the Progress 8 score is positive, what specific support strategies contribute to this improvement? How does the school engage parents in monitoring individual student progress against these national benchmarks?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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