Heritage High School

Heritage High School has demonstrated a marked improvement since its last inspection, achieving a 'Good' rating across all assessed domains, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school fosters a positive learning environment where staff have high expectations and pupils are encouraged to engage actively in their education. Most pupils feel safe, valued, and have opportunities to take part in various extracurricular activities that support their development and community involvement.

Strengths

• Strong staff aspirations and commitment to pupil welfare.
• Well-structured and ambitious curriculum that builds on prior knowledge.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Diverse reading materials that enhance learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment to identify gaps in pupils' knowledge.
• Some pupils frequently excuse themselves from lessons, missing important content.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Heritage High School attended 91.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 10.4% of pupils at Heritage High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Heritage High School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 23.4% of pupils at Heritage High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Heritage High School received £8,304 and spent £7,887 for each of its 953 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £584,000 (£613 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Two Counties Trust, income was £8,024 and spending £7,827 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Chesterfield · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

Heritage High School is part of The Two Counties Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Springwell Community College Chesterfield
• The Manor Academy Mansfield
• Ashfield Comprehensive School Nottingham
• Frederick Gent School Alfreton
• Selston High School Nottingham
• Swanwick Hall School Alfreton
• Allestree Woodlands School Derby
• Friesland School Sandiacre
• Wilsthorpe School Nottingham

What is Heritage High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Heritage High School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Heritage High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Heritage High School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Heritage High School have?

Heritage High School has 940 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heritage High School cover?

Heritage High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Heritage High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 37.7, and 34% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Heritage High School?

Heritage High School is at Boughton Lane, Clowne, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 4QG.