Tibshelf Community School

Community school·Secondary school Alfreton, Derbyshire·DE55 5LZ
Composite score
55.2
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#1,866
National rank
#153
In East Midlands
#24
In Derbyshire
Top 59%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
44%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
66%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
3.71

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 20/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
165 first choices, 167 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
287
any preference, for 167 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320221.0220230.9220240.9620250.992026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Derbyshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Tibshelf Community School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
819
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,316
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
90%
164 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
79%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
6%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Tibshelf Community School

Tibshelf Community School is a secondary school in Alfreton, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 819 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 44.2 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 0.9 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

44% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 99% of the families who made Tibshelf Community School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.2%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. Tibshelf Community School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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