St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Derbyshire council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 266 families put this school as their first choice, and 203 places were offered. 202 of the families who put it first got a place (76%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 26 June 2024. Overall: Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1400 (capacity 1260)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Hallam

Academy trust

ST MARY'S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01246201191

Address

Newbold Road, Upper Newbold, Chesterfield, S41 8AG

Website

st-maryshigh.derbyshire.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports