Outwood Academy Newbold
Ofsted: Good
Score
C64
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chesterfield, S41 8BA
- Distance
- 1.1km away
St Mary's Catholic High School
Officially St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Newbold Road, Upper Newbold, Chesterfield, S41 8AG
Local ranking1st of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1260
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 26 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 60.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 66.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 82.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 205
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 61.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 16.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B
Avg A-Level Grade
39.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
40.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
161
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 24.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 323
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1358
- Boys
- 644 (46%)
- Girls
- 756 (54%)
- Capacity
- 1260 (111% full)
- SEND
- 15.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.4%
- EAL
- 10.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 13.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 82.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,234/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.2%
- Asian Indian: 5.7%
- White Other: 5.3%
- Mixed Other: 5.2%
- Black African: 3.8%
- Asian Chinese: 2.0%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
70.2%
White British
5.7%
Asian Indian
5.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Newbold Road
Chesterfield, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 138470
- UKPRN
- 10037860
- Establishment No.
- 5413
- Trust
- ST MARY'S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
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