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Outwood Academy Newbold
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Highfield Lane, Newbold, Chesterfield S41 8BA · newbold.outwood.com · 01246 230550
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Derbyshire 45, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,030
- 2 over 1,028 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 39.1%
- First language not English
- 4.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 130 families put the school first and 150 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 150 | 130 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 172 | 162 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 171 | 175 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 176 | 198 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 175 | 224 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.9, and 50.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Derbyshire it was 45, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (32.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲48.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲50.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲72.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.22 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 39 | +8 |
| Further education | 46.7 | −3.9 |
| Other education | 1.1 | −0.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.7 | +0.4 |
| Employment | 0.5 | −3.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.7 | +2.5 |
| Activity not captured | 2.2 | −3 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 students | C+ (32.1) | Below average -0.27 | |
| 46 students | C+ (31.8) | Below average -0.29 | |
| 20 students | Dist (34.9) | Average +0.29 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 54 | C- (28.1) | -0.30 |
| 2022/23 | 62 | C (29.2) | — |
| 2021/22 | 71 | B- (37.8) | — |
| 2018/19 | 45 | C- (27.7) | -0.15 |
| 2017/18 | 60 | C (29.2) | -0.04 |
| 2016/17 | 72 | C- (25.5) | -0.15 |
| 2015/16 | 55 | C- (25.6) | -0.01 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 60.7 | +0.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 11.5 | +8.1 |
| Employment | 18 | −5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.6 | −4.9 |
| Activity not captured | 3.3 | — |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Outwood Academy Newbold was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 22 Nov 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112960), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective May 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112960)
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (103 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 103
- 10% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 31 parents (30%) with SEND