Highfields School
Secondary schoolHighfields School is a secondary school in Derbyshire Dales, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,298 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, January 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 8 January 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Highfields School was 49.6, against 49.2 in Derbyshire Dales and 46.2 in England.
50% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Derbyshire Dales | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.6 | 49.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 51.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75.4% | 73.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 224 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Castle View Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- All Saints CofE Infant SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, June 20251.6 km
- Tansley Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2022. 23% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.8 km
- All Saints CofE Junior SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Derbyshire Dales
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).