St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Derbyshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Derbyshire's full dates

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.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 96 families put this school as their first choice, and 102 places were offered. 96 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

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

Report card, 6 January 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 5 October 2021. Overall: Good

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

11–16

Pupils

577 (capacity 485)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Nottingham

Academy trust

ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01457853611

Address

Sunlaws Street, Glossop, SK13 8DR

Website

stphiliphowardglossop.srscmat.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports