Highfields School is a state-funded secondary school in Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands, for pupils aged 11 to 18 for boys and girls. DfE data records 1,298 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 1,394.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Good (8 Jan 2025). The published Attainment 8 score was 47.0 for 2024/25. The published A-level average grade was B- for 2024/25. Admissions data records 211 first-preference applications and 214 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Good
Based on 8 Jan 2025 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Leadership & management | Good |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Inadequate |
| Leadership & management | Requires improvement |
| Sixth-form provision | Good |
Ungraded inspection · 8 Jan 2025: Standards maintained
Published 22 Oct 2012.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
Distance unavailable; check admission criteria with the school or council.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Derbyshire |
| Applications open | Usually 1 September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 31 October 2026 |
| National offer day | 1 March 2027 |
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Offers made on National Offer Day | 214 |
| First-preference applications | 211 |
| Applications (all preferences) | 371 |
| First-preference offers | 211 |
Source: Published admissions data; follow each measure’s labelled basis, including all preferences where shown.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average score) | 47 |
| English & maths: grades 9–4 | 68.3% |
| English & maths: grades 9–5 | 43.1% |
| EBacc entry | 40.6% |
| EBacc grades 9–4 | 25.7% |
| EBacc grades 9–5 | 20.3% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.2 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.23 |
| Best three A-levels: average points | 35.79 |
| Value added | 0 |
| Value added: lower confidence limit | -0.12 |
| Value added: upper confidence limit | 0.13 |
| AAB or higher (including two facilitating subjects) | 18.8% |
| Pupils | 106 |
| Average grade | B- |
| Best three A-levels: average grade | B- |
| Published progress band | Average |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
| Destination | Pupils |
|---|---|
| This school’s sixth form | 49% |
| Sixth-form college | 0.5% |
| Further education college | 35% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.3% |
| Employment | 3.4% |
| Not sustained | 3.9% |
| Unknown | 1.9% |
Cohort: 206 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 94.2%
DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.
| Destination | Pupils |
|---|---|
| Higher education | 73.6% |
| Further education | 1.1% |
| Other education | 1.1% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.7% |
| Employment | 9.9% |
| Not sustained | 3.3% |
| Unknown | 3.3% |
Cohort: 91 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 93.4%
DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.
2024/25 · Published entries
DfE subject entries; pupils may take multiple subjects.
17.9 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 4.76% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 2.37% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 92.1% |
| White other | 2.7% |
| Mixed | 3.4% |
| Asian | 0.7% |
| Black | 0.3% |
| Other | 0.5% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.
85% would recommend this school
183 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 89% |
| Feels safe | 93% |
| Well behaved pupils | 86% |
| Bullying dealt with | 21% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 74% |
| Concerns dealt with | 63% |
| SEND support | 57% |
| High expectations | 88% |
| Child does well | 88% |
| Progress updates | 82% |
| Subject range | 92% |
| Clubs & activities | 97% |
| Personal development | 78% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Teaching hours | 08:30 – 15:00 |
Source: School website · checked 2026-05-19; confirm current arrangements.
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