Secondary schools in Chesterfield
11 secondary schools in Chesterfield, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Chesterfield in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 11 schools in Chesterfield first 1,834 times for 1,827 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 0.98 across the Derbyshire authority's 45 schools. 3 of the 11 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Brookfield Community School, to 1.65 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Brookfield Community School
- Heritage High School
- Outwood Academy Hasland Hall
- Outwood Academy Newbold
- Springwell Community College
- Tupton Hall School
- Whittington Green School
- The Bolsover School
- Netherthorpe School
- Parkside Community School
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Browse by authority: Derbyshire · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.