Glossopdale School and Sixth Form

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Newshaw Lane
Hadfield
Glossop
Derbyshire
SK13 2DA
Phone 01457862336
Reference Number 147157

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1240
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.65%
Girls: 49.35%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 27.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 120 136 256
8 129 122 251
9 107 109 216
10 112 92 204
11 111 110 221
12 23 25 48
13 26 18 44

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 93.8%
White & Asian 1.5%
White, Other 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Mixed, Other 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
Chinese 0.2%
African 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-12-08
Date Description Report
2023-11-14 School inspection: School inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
42.8 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 35.5% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 54.5% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 26.93 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 37.22 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C- C C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 16.7% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 86 1
Third Preference 20 2
From another Local Authority 22 8

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Hadfield Nursery School
Queen Street, Glossop, SK13 2DW
0.2 miles
St Andrew's CofE Junior School
Hadfield Road, Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 2DR
0.25 miles
Hadfield Infant School
Mersey Bank Road, Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1PN
0.29 miles
St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy
The Carriage Drive, Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1PJ
0.54 miles
Padfield Community Primary School
Rhodes Street, Padfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1EQ
0.7 miles
Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Dinting Vale, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6NX
0.73 miles
Gamesley Early Excellence Centre
Winster Mews, Glossop, SK13 0LU
0.83 miles
Gamesley Primary School
Grindleford Grove, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6HW
0.88 miles
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Spire Hollin, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7BS
0.88 miles
Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School
South Close, Tintwistle, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1LY
0.94 miles
Hollingworth Primary School
Market Street, Hollingworth, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 8LP
1.09 miles
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School
Chadwick Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 8EF
1.16 miles
Simmondley Primary School
Pennine Road, Simmondley, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6NN
1.16 miles
St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Glossop Road, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6JH
1.23 miles
All Saints Catholic Voluntary Academy
Church Street, Old Glossop, All Saints Cva, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7RJ
1.26 miles
Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary School
Royle Avenue, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7RD
1.31 miles
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Gladstone Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 8NE
1.51 miles
Mottram CofE Primary School
War Hill, Mottram, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 6JL
1.61 miles
Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Long Lane, Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 5ET
1.9 miles
Hawthorns School
Manley Grove, Hyde, SK14 6PJ
2.06 miles
Name Distance
St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy
Sunlaws Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 8DR
1.15 miles
Longdendale High School
Spring Street, Hyde, SK14 8LW
1.26 miles
Brambles School
29 Ashworth Lane, Mottram, Cheshire, SK14 6NT
1.73 miles
Copley Academy
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, Cheshire, SK15 3RR
3.47 miles
Alder Community High School
Mottram Old Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 5NJ
3.86 miles
Trinity School
Birbeck Street, Off High Street, Stalybridge, Cheshire, SK15 1SH
4.15 miles
Rayner Stephens High School
Yew Tree Lane, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5BL
4.23 miles
Cromwell High School
Yew Tree Lane, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5BJ
4.23 miles
Works 4 U Support Services (Norman Mackie & Associates Ltd)
The Peacock, Ambleside, SK15 1EB
4.37 miles
West Hill School
Thompson Cross, Stamford Street, Stalybridge, Cheshire, SK15 1LX
4.43 miles
Arnfield Independent School
Arnfield Independent School, Po Box 446, Glossop, SK14 9EY
4.46 miles
All Saints Catholic College
Birch Lane, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5AP
4.47 miles
Thomas Ashton School
Bennett Street, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 4SS
4.63 miles
Hyde High School
Old Road, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 4SP
4.64 miles
Ashton Sixth Form College
Darnton Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 9RL
4.96 miles
Mossley Hollins High School
Huddersfield Road, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 9DP
4.96 miles
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