Outwood Academy Hasland Hall

About Outwood Academy Hasland Hall

Outwood Academy Hasland Hall was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2023, a significant improvement from its previous Inadequate rating in 2019. The school’s Progress 8 score for the 2023/24 academic year sits at -0.17, which places it in the ‘Average’ banding nationally. This means that, on average, pupils achieve slightly below the national expected level of progress across their eight best GCSE subjects. To put that in context, the average Progress 8 score for all secondary schools in Derbyshire is -0.11, so Hasland Hall is a touch behind the local norm. Within Chesterfield specifically, the school ranks 6th out of 9 schools on this metric. The school’s Attainment 8 score is 48, and just over half of pupils (51.8%) achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths, with a much higher 74.7% achieving a grade 4 or above in those core subjects.

Digging deeper into the Progress 8 breakdown, the school shows a mixed picture across subject areas. Pupils made the strongest progress in English, with a positive score of +0.17, meaning they performed better than the national average in that subject. Maths progress was weaker at -0.23, while the EBacc subjects (humanities and languages) came in at -0.09. The EBacc entry rate is 35.9%, and 18.2% of pupils achieved the full EBacc combination at a grade 5 or above. The school’s EBacc average point score is 4.34. In its Ofsted inspection, inspectors rated all five key areas — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision (though the school has no sixth form) — as Good. The report noted that behaviour and attitudes had improved from a previous rating of 4 (Inadequate) to a 2 (Good), a clear area of turnaround.

The school is a mixed, non-selective secondary for pupils aged 11 to 16, with no sixth form or nursery provision. It is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 328 applications for 169 places, with 161 first-preference offers made from 173 first-preference applications — an oversubscription ratio of 1.94. The school serves a community with a relatively high level of disadvantage, with 32.2% of pupils eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. Facilities include a theatre, sports hall, astro turf, ICT suite, music rooms, gymnasium and a chapel. The sports programme covers rugby, hockey, gymnastics, badminton, basketball, swimming, tennis and football, while clubs range from debate and orchestra to coding and science club. SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. This is a school that has demonstrably turned around its behaviour and leadership, and suits families looking for a large, inclusive secondary with strong English outcomes and a wide range of extracurricular activities, though maths progress remains an area to watch.

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