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St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Sunlaws Street, Glossop SK13 8DR · stphiliphowardglossop.srscmat.co.uk · 01457 853611
On the mapSearch near SK13 8DR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Derbyshire 45, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 577
- 92 over 485 places · 119%
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.8%
- First language not English
- 1.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 96 families put the school first and 102 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 | 102 | 96 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 113 | 127 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 113 | 108 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 112 | 115 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 114 | 139 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.5, and 25.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Derbyshire it was 45, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼25.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼51.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼18.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.30 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.8 | +0.1 |
| Sixth form college | 43.2 | +16.9 |
| Further education | 42.3 | −17 |
| Other education | 0.9 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.8 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 2.7 | −0.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.6 | −1.5 |
| Activity not captured | 3.6 | +1.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy on 6 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 6 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112972), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112972)
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (97 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Positive
- 69%
- Replies
- 97
- 17% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on 19 parents (20%) whose child was bullied
based on 29 parents (30%) with SEND