Outwood Academy Newbold, Chesterfield

In 2026, pupils at Outwood Academy Newbold averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.2 in Derbyshire and 47 across England.

56% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Derbyshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 48.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.38: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 45.8, against 53.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 130 families put Outwood Academy Newbold as their first choice and 367 named it as one of their preferences, for 150 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Outwood Academy Newbold are St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 60.3); Parkside Community School (1.5 miles, Attainment 8 36.4); Whittington Green School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.4); and Brookfield Community School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52).

Outwood Academy Newbold's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Outwood Academy Newbold is one of 40 schools run by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 182 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 47% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 61 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 61% went on to university or other higher education, 12% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

36.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Outwood Academy Newbold has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties: 16 places, 15 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Chesterfield Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Community School (adjacent), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 293 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (50), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Outwood Academy Newbold issued 51 suspensions, 5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Outwood Academy Newbold are Highfield Hall Primary School (0.2 miles), Newbold CofE Primary School (0.3 miles), Christ Church CofE Primary School (0.4 miles) and Cavendish Junior School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.