Chapel-en-le-Frith High School

About Chapel-en-le-Frith High School

Chapel-en-le-Frith High School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, with inspectors awarding Good across all four graded categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school’s strongest academic story, however, lies in its Progress 8 score. At 0.34, this measure of how much pupils improve between the end of primary school and their GCSEs is well above the Derbyshire local authority average of -0.11. It also places the school in the top 25 per cent of schools nationally and ranks it first among the seven secondary schools in the High Peak area. The school’s Attainment 8 score sits at 48.4, and 70.1 per cent of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in both English and maths, compared with 47.3 per cent at the stronger grade 5 threshold.

The school’s Progress 8 banding is officially rated as above average, and the data shows consistent progress across subjects. Pupils achieved a Progress 8 score of 0.39 in EBacc subjects, 0.28 in maths, and 0.26 in English. The EBacc average point score is 4.24, with 28.3 per cent of pupils entering the EBacc combination of subjects. Parent feedback is notably positive: 89 per cent of the 227 respondents would recommend the school, and 90 per cent agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy. Strong majorities also felt their child does well (85 per cent) and that the school has high expectations (82 per cent). The school’s capacity is 950 pupils, and it is currently home to 943, so it is effectively full. For 2025/26 admissions, the school was oversubscribed, with 273 applications for 172 places and 173 first-preference applications.

The school offers a range of facilities including art studios, music rooms, a swimming pool, a chapel, and an astro turf pitch. Sports provision includes basketball, swimming, cricket, football, cross country, gymnastics, and athletics, while clubs range from coding and drama to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, choir, and eco club. SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, visual impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder, with a resourced provision on site. The school does not have a sixth form or nursery provision. Given its strong academic outcomes, above-average progress scores, and positive parent views, this is a school that suits families in the High Peak area who want a well-regarded state secondary with a clear track record of adding value to pupils’ GCSE results.

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