Chapel-en-le-Frith High School


Chapel-en-le-Frith High School is a mixed gender comprehensive school in Chapel-en-le-Frith in the county of Derbyshire, England. It serves pupils aged 11 to 16 from the town and surrounding areas.
The building is maintained by Interserve. Eden Foodservice provide the catering.

History

The school was established in 1952 as Chapel-en-le-Frith Secondary Modern. It has since been renamed 3 times; Long Lane Comprehensive School, Chapel-en-le-Frith County Secondary School and finally Chapel-en-le-Frith High School.
In 2005 the school moved to the other side of Long Lane, and the former site was redeveloped as the school's sports fields. The school is housed in a specially built one-piece building.
There have only been four headteachers to date, Stuart Ash having left at the end of the 2010/11 academic year to be replaced by Simon Grieves.

Admissions

Admission is open to all pupils aged 11–16 residing in the catchment area. the number of pupils on roll is 932.

Academic performance

In 2015, 71% of the school's pupils achieved at least five A*–C GCSE results including maths and English. This was significantly above the averages nationally and for the Derbyshire Local Education Authority, 53.8% and 55.9% respectively.
It does not have a sixth form.
The school was judged to be outstanding by Ofsted on 4 February 2016.

Daily life

Uniform

The school uniform is a white polo shirt with the school motto on the chest, a red stripe on the collar and sleeves; a black sweatshirt with the school emblem, and black trousers. It used to be a classic shirt-and-tie uniform, but changed when the school moved into the new building.

Houses

The four school houses are named after local hills in the area.

Learning Support department

The department has a selection of specially trained staff who work full-time undertaking special lessons with those pupils who have been deemed to need support.

Notable former pupils