Tupton Hall School, Chesterfield

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our well-qualified leaders, teachers and support staff work together with students and parents to create a formidable team with one common goal - the best possible success for every child. Being an academy within The Redhill Academy Trust will support ongoing improvement in the academic progress made by students."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance, drama, STEM and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at Tupton Hall School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.2 in Derbyshire and 47 across England.

37% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Derbyshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 41.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.51: pupils made well below 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 36.6, against 46.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 263 families put Tupton Hall School as their first choice and 395 named it as one of their preferences, for 279 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 Tupton Hall School are Outwood Academy Hasland Hall (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.9); Parkside Community School (3.5 miles, Attainment 8 36.4); Tibshelf Community School (3.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.9); and Brookfield Community School (4.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52).

Tupton Hall School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Tupton Hall School is one of 21 schools run by Redhill Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 229 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 45% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 178 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 51% went on to university or other higher education, 14% to apprenticeships and 22% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

34.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 203 pupils (12.8%) received SEN support and 40 (2.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Tupton Hall School.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Station New Road (w-bound), 170 metres away.

In 2024/25, Tupton Hall School issued 760 suspensions, 47.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 12 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Tupton Hall School are Tupton Primary and Nursery Academy (0.6 miles), North Wingfield Primary and Nursery Academy (0.9 miles), Grassmoor Primary School (1.2 miles) and Sharley Park Community Primary School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.