Secondary
Highfields School
Upper Lumsdale, Matlock, DE4 5NA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1298 of 1394 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 76.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 103.3
- Pupils per adult
- 12.8
- Pupils
- 1,321
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 January 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
43%
47.0
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.2 |
| Entered the EBacc | 41% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% |
| A level average points per entry | 35.23 |
| A level students | 106 |
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 time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 59% |
| 23/24 | 48% |
| 24/25 | 43% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 39.4 |
| 23/24 | 32.9 |
| 24/25 | 35.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | +0.09 |
| 23/24 | +0.05 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 50.2 |
| 23/24 | 45.6 |
| 24/25 | 47.0 |
Upper Lumsdale, Matlock, DE4 5NA
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
- Co-Headteachers
- Andrew Marsh
- Address
- Upper Lumsdale, Matlock, DE4 5NA
- Telephone
- 01629581888