New Mills School

Church Lane, High Peak, SK22 4NR

692 pupils · 92% of 750 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Community school
Ages
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Admissions
Non-selective
Local authority
Derbyshire
Free school meals
26.9%

Ofsted

No overall grade (2025)Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 11 March 2025, published 30 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score44.5
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)30.1%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)65%
Entering the English Baccalaureate30.9%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available 0.86 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry143123323143
Sept 2025 entry137140281137
Sept 2024 entry143118285143
Sept 2023 entry146134313145
Sept 2022 entry147145293145
Sept 2021 entry113104252107
Sept 2020 entry128115284125
Sept 2019 entry146105221128

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.