Outwood Academy Newbold

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Chesterfield, Derbyshire·S41 8BA
Composite score
61.1
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#1,073
National rank
#84
In East Midlands
#11
In Derbyshire
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
51%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
73%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
4.22

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
130 first choices, 150 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
367
any preference, for 150 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2820221.1220231.0220240.9420250.872026

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

Every child who put Outwood Academy Newbold first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,011
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
15.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,632
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
91%
180 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
87%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Outwood Academy Newbold

Outwood Academy Newbold is a secondary school in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 1,011 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 48.9 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 34% of secondary schools nationally.

51% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 73% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Outwood Academy Newbold their first choice was offered one of its 150 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Outwood Academy Newbold 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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