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

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

DerbyshireLocal Authority

ChesterfieldConstituency

S41 8AGPostcode

9.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Derbyshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,400 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 59.4
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 73.3%
EBacc average point score: 5.39

Ethnicity

White

75%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,400

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

17%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 1,400
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
14 Jul 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
23 Oct 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.