Aldercar High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 648 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.9
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Hope Valley College
- Pupils on roll
- 518of 684 places
- Free school meals
- 25.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 109
- Ofsted
- Good, 24 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hope Valley College (URN 137350, until 1 September 2019).
What the data says
Of the 113 pupils who finished Year 11 at Hope Valley College in 2023, 35% stayed on in Hope Valley College’s own sixth form (Derbyshire average 34%), 28% went to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Among the 6 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 0% went to university (Derbyshire 42%, England 37%).
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Music is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Derbyshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Hope Valley College | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 113 | 7,796 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 35% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 8% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 28% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hope Valley College | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.4 | 45.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 52% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.00 | 3.92 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 19% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 23.7 | 34.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.3 | 49.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 4% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 106 | 97% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 73% |
| Mathematics | 105 | 96% | 88% | 25% | 22% | 69% |
| English Literature | 103 | 94% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 62% |
| Geography | 84 | 77% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 56% |
| Combined Science | 72 | 66% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 54% |
| Spanish | 44 | 40% | 19% | 9% | 27% | 27% |
| Physical Education | 37 | 34% | 11% | 5% | 24% | 51% |
| Physics | 30 | 28% | 23% | 60% | 46% | 87% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 28% | 23% | 57% | 47% | 83% |
| Biology | 30 | 28% | 23% | 53% | 45% | 83% |
| History | 30 | 28% | 41% | 20% | 26% | 57% |
| Music | 24 | 22% | 5% | 25% | 33% | 79% |
| Textiles | 22 | 20% | 2% | 5% | 27% | 55% |
| Design and Technology | 21 | 19% | 11% | 29% | 23% | 52% |
| Art and Design | 21 | 19% | 7% | 24% | 24% | 81% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 17% | 13% | 32% | 30% | 68% |
| French | 18 | 17% | 18% | 56% | 29% | 72% |
| Drama | 8 | 7% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 75% |
| Religious Studies | 4 | 4% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 7 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Derbyshire
Anthony Gell School
Academy converter · sixth form · 776 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,212 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.3
Brookfield Community School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,156 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.8
Buxton Community School
Academy converter · sixth form · 954 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
Community school · 941 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.