Outwood Academy Hasland HallParkside Community School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Chesterfield.

Summary of the comparison

Outwood Academy Hasland Hall and Parkside Community School are secondary schools in Chesterfield.

  • Outwood Academy Hasland Hall scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Parkside Community School scores 48 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Outwood Academy Hasland Hall is ahead on our composite score.

  • Outwood Academy Hasland Hall was judged Good and Parkside Community School was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 47.9 for Outwood Academy Hasland Hall and 36.4 for Parkside Community School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Outwood Academy Hasland Hall (49.3 in 2021-22, 47.9 in 2025-26) and has held broadly level at Parkside Community School (36.8 in 2023-24, 36.4 in 2025-26).

Side-by-side comparison

Outwood Academy Hasland Hall versus Parkside Community School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ChesterfieldOutwood Academy Hasland HallChesterfieldParkside Community SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC59/100Stronger figureD48/100
Local ranking17th of 45 in Derbyshire Stronger figure36th of 45 in Derbyshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll847 587
Capacity860 600
LocationChesterfield, S41 0LP Chesterfield, S40 2NS
GCSE results
Attainment 847.9 Stronger figure36.4 46.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths55.4% Stronger figure18.9% 46.3%
Grade 4+ in English & maths72.9% Stronger figure36.9% 64.8%
Cohort166 122
Pupils
Pupils in the census825 572
Free school meals (ever 6)33.0% 51.9%
English as an additional language4.4% 10.5%
SEN support14.8% 19.4%
SEN with an EHC plan2.2% 4.4%
Attendance
Overall absence7.0% Stronger figure9.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence16.4% Stronger figure28.4% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Outwood Academy Hasland Hall

Parkside Community School

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