Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 22 November 2022
Compared with the local authority and England
Attainment 8 scores a pupil's best 8 GCSE results, out of about 90. Progress 8 compares those results with pupils who started secondary school at the same level: 0 is average.
| Measure | School | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.9 | 45.0 | 46.1 |
Grade 4 is a standard pass; grade 5 is a strong pass.
| Measure | School | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 65% | 65% |
| 5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4, including English and maths | 65% | 59% | 60% |
The EBacc is English, maths, science, a language, and history or geography. It is a set of subjects rather than a qualification.
| Measure | School | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering the EBacc | 30% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
Based on 173 pupils at the end of key stage 4.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Outwood Academy Newbold's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 14 November 2017. Ofsted inspected it again on 22 November 2022 without giving a new overall grade.
Apply through the council where you live by 31 October in your child's Year 6, for a place starting the following September. You apply to your home council even if Outwood Academy Newbold is in another council's area, and can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference. Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Outwood Academy Newbold has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Outwood Academy Newbold had 1,011 pupils aged 11 to 18 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 1,028. It is a mixed school with a sixth form.
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