UK Schools
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Chesterfield, Derbyshire County Council, teaching 1,400 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in June 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 59.4 (England 46.1). The 2026–2027 school year runs from 4 September 2026 to 26 July 2027.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2026–2027
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy.
- 4–30 Autumn Term
- 1–23 Autumn Term
- 24–31 Autumn Half-Term
- 1 Autumn Half-Term
- 2–30 Autumn Term
- 1–18 Autumn Term
- 19–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–3 Christmas Holiday
- 4–31 Spring Term
- 1–12 Spring Term
- 13–21 Spring Half-Term
- 22–28 Spring Term
- 1–25 Spring Term
- 26–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–11 Easter Holiday
- 12–30 Summer Term
- 1–28 Summer Term
- 3 Bank Holiday
- 29–31 Summer Half-Term
- 1–6 Summer Half-Term
- 7–30 Summer Term
- 1–26 Summer Term
- 27–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2026–2027)
- Autumn Term Sep 4, 2026-Oct 23, 2026 Term
- Autumn Half-Term Oct 24, 2026-Nov 1, 2026 Holiday
- Autumn Term Nov 2, 2026-Dec 18, 2026 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2026-Jan 3, 2027 Holiday
- Spring Term Jan 4, 2027-Feb 12, 2027 Term
- Spring Half-Term Feb 13, 2027-Feb 21, 2027 Holiday
- Spring Term Feb 22, 2027-Mar 25, 2027 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 26, 2027-Apr 11, 2027 Holiday
- Summer Term Apr 12, 2027-May 28, 2027 Term
- Bank Holiday May 3, 2027 Bank Holiday
- Summer Half-Term May 29, 2027-Jun 6, 2027 Holiday
- Summer Term Jun 7, 2027-Jul 26, 2027 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 27, 2027-Aug 31, 2027 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy with Derbyshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 59.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 39.51 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 11.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 97% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 90% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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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 St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy. 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 St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy 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.