UK Schools
New Mills School
New Mills School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in High Peak, Derbyshire County Council, teaching 692 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in March 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 44.5 (England 46.1). Its 2026–2027 calendar lists 2 holidays and 5 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for New Mills School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2026–2027
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for New Mills School.
- 4 INSET
- 7 School Opens
- 2 School Opens
- 4 INSET
- 18 School Closes
- 4 INSET
- 5 School Opens
- 12 School Closes
- 22 School Opens
- 25 School Closes
- 12 School Opens
- 28 School Closes
- 7 School Opens
- 21 INSET
- 23 School Closes
- 26 INSET
Key dates (2026–2027)
- INSET Sep 4, 2026 Inset Day
- School Opens Sep 7, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens Nov 2, 2026 Holiday
- INSET Dec 4, 2026 Inset Day
- School Closes Dec 18, 2026 Holiday
- INSET Jan 4, 2027 Inset Day
- School Opens Jan 5, 2027 Holiday
- School Closes Feb 12, 2027 Holiday
- School Opens Feb 22, 2027 Holiday
- School Closes Mar 25, 2027 Holiday
- School Opens Apr 12, 2027 Holiday
- School Closes May 28, 2027 Holiday
- School Opens Jun 7, 2027 Holiday
- INSET Jun 21, 2027 Inset Day
- School Closes Jul 23, 2027 Holiday
- INSET Jul 26, 2027 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare New Mills School with Derbyshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 44.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Derbyshire County Council England
Attendance 19.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 88% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Derbyshire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for New Mills School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to New Mills School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.