Aldercar High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 648 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.9
Community school
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
- Pupils on roll
- 941of 950 places
- Free school meals
- 26.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 176
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 8 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School has no sixth form. Of the 187 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 34% moved to a sixth form college, 41% to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 10% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 34% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Derbyshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 187 | 7,796 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 34% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.8 | 45.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 31% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.87 | 3.92 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.1 | 34.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.7 | 49.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 4% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 168 | 95% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 70% |
| English Language | 168 | 95% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 65% |
| English Literature | 163 | 93% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 67% |
| Biology | 94 | 53% | 23% | 21% | 45% | 68% |
| Physics | 93 | 53% | 23% | 25% | 46% | 74% |
| Chemistry | 93 | 53% | 23% | 23% | 47% | 68% |
| History | 85 | 48% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 56% |
| Geography | 75 | 43% | 41% | 32% | 25% | 61% |
| Combined Science | 70 | 40% | 65% | 14% | 9% | 51% |
| Physical Education | 50 | 28% | 11% | 20% | 24% | 60% |
| Media Studies | 49 | 28% | 4% | 18% | 20% | 76% |
| Design and Technology | 34 | 19% | 11% | 6% | 23% | 47% |
| Spanish | 25 | 14% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 68% |
| Fine Art | 23 | 13% | 9% | 35% | 28% | 83% |
| Drama | 20 | 11% | 7% | 25% | 27% | 55% |
| French | 17 | 10% | 18% | 47% | 29% | 100% |
| German | 13 | 7% | 5% | 31% | 33% | 77% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 7% | 13% | 46% | 30% | 62% |
| Textiles | 12 | 7% | 2% | 58% | 27% | 83% |
| 3D Design | 11 | 6% | 2% | 9% | 16% | 36% |
| Music | 11 | 6% | 5% | 36% | 33% | 91% |
| Religious Studies | 7 | 4% | 31% | 57% | 32% | 100% |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 38 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 31 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Derbyshire
Anthony Gell School
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,212 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.3
Brookfield Community School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,156 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.8
Buxton Community School
Academy converter · sixth form · 954 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
David Nieper Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 810 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.