Highfields School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Matlock, DE4 5NA
- Distance
- 7.9km away
Anthony Gell School
Wirksworth, Matlock, DE4 4DX
Local ranking41st of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Updated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
825
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Anthony Gell School (URN 112968) since 1 August 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 128
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 79.0%
- Higher education
- 42.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 21.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
57
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 138
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 781
- Boys
- 394 (51%)
- Girls
- 382 (49%)
- Capacity
- 825 (94% full)
- SEND
- 21.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.2%
- EAL
- 0.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,617/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
- 10.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 94.8%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- White Irish: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Other: 0.3%
94.8%
White British
1.8%
White Other
1.0%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Wirksworth
Matlock, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 149644
- UKPRN
- 10092167
- Establishment No.
- 4505
- Trust
- EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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