St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary AcademyGlossopdale School and Sixth Form

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

Summary of the comparison

St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy and Glossopdale School and Sixth Form are secondary schools in Glossop.

  • St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Glossopdale School and Sixth Form scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy was judged the expected standard and Glossopdale School and Sixth Form was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 40.5 for St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy and 43.4 for Glossopdale School and Sixth Form.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy (45.0 in 2021-22, 40.5 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Glossopdale School and Sixth Form (45.6 in 2021-22, 43.4 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy versus Glossopdale School and Sixth Form compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure GlossopSt Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary AcademyGlossopGlossopdale School and Sixth FormEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC59/100Stronger figureC55/100
Local ranking16th of 45 in Derbyshire Stronger figure22nd of 45 in Derbyshire
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy sponsor led
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll572 1,205
Capacity485 1,440
LocationGlossop, SK13 8DR Glossop, SK13 2DA
GCSE results
Attainment 840.5 43.4 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths25.2% 35.0% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths51.4% 61.0% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc18.0% Stronger figure11.0% 40.5%
EBacc average point score3.30 3.63 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort111 200
A-level results
A-level entriesNot reported38
A-level average pointsNot reported28.6 35.0
A-level average gradeNot reportedC
Best 3 A-levels pointsNot reported26.9 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjectsNot reported16.7% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census572 1,205
Free school meals (ever 6)29.4% 31.3%
English as an additional language1.7% 0.3%
SEN support11.7% 6.1%
SEN with an EHC plan5.8% 3.9%
Attendance
Overall absence8.7% Stronger figure10.1% 6.2%
Persistent absence24.2% Stronger figure27.1% 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.

St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy

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