St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy is a secondary school located in Glossop. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 17/01/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Sunlaws Street, Glossop, SK13 8DR
Website: www.sph.academy
Telephone: 01457853611
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Derbyshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Louisa Morris
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 142042

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/01/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 485
Number of Pupils: 553
Number of Boys: 281
Number of Girls: 272

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.37 Confidence interval -0.65 to -0.1
Of the 85 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 83 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:49%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:32%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.77
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Gamesley Early Excellence Centre
Winster Mews , Gamesley SK13 0LU
4out of 4 2,188 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Hadfield Nursery School
Queen Street , Hadfield SK13 2DW
4out of 4 2,351 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School
Chadwick Street , SK13 8EF
2out of 4 84 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Spire Hollin , SK13 7BS
3out of 4 672 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Gladstone Street , SK13 8NE
1out of 4 752 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Simmondley Primary School
Pennine Road , Simmondley SK13 6NN
3out of 4 817 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary School
Royle Avenue , SK13 7RD
2out of 4 1,013 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy
Sunlaws Street , SK13 8DR
2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Glossopdale School and Sixth Form
Newshaw Lane , Hadfield SK13 2DA
- not rated 2,027 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.