Secondary
New Mills School
Church Lane, New Mills, High Peak, SK22 4NR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 692 of 750 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 58.7
- Pupils per adult
- 11.2
- Pupils
- 660
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
September 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
September 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
30%
44.5
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.76 |
| Entered the EBacc | 31% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41% |
| 22/23 | 37% |
| 23/24 | 49% |
| 24/25 | 30% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.06 |
| 22/23 | -0.11 |
| 23/24 | +0.18 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.7 |
| 22/23 | 44.1 |
| 23/24 | 49.6 |
| 24/25 | 44.5 |
Church Lane, New Mills, High Peak, SK22 4NR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Derbyshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Heather Watts
- Address
- Church Lane, New Mills, High Peak, SK22 4NR
- Telephone
- 01663743284