Tibshelf Community School
Doe Hill Lane, Tibshelf, Alfreton, DE55 5LZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucie Wainwright
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 834
- URN
- 112949
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01773872391
About this school
Tibshelf Community School is a community secondary school in Alfreton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 834 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Tibshelf Community School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 164 | 148 | 160 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.6 | 43.3 | 44.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.11 -0.33 to +0.11 | -0.14 -0.37 to +0.09 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 39.2% | 44.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 62.2% | 65.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 35% | 31.1% | 28.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Tibshelf Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44.6 | 41.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.3 | 41.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.2 | 40.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 809 |
| 2023/24 | 810 |
| 2024/25 | 819 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tibshelf Community School compares
Tibshelf Community School ranked 24th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44.2 | 8.1% | 32.6% | 834 | — |
| Frederick Gent School | 46.3 | 6.9% | 34.3% | 801 | 2.9 miles |
| David Nieper Academy | 41 | 8.9% | 48.1% | 810 | 3.4 miles |
| Quarrydale Academy | 36.6 | 8.3% | 36.4% | 1,265 | 3.6 miles |
| Tupton Hall School | 41.1 | 11.2% | 37.1% | 1,581 | 3.8 miles |
| Sutton Community Academy | 37.6 | 8.2% | 46.1% | 796 | 4.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.6%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.08%
- Persistent absence
- 21.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Frederick Gent School2.9 miles
Secondary · Alfreton
-
David Nieper Academy3.4 miles
Secondary · Alfreton
-
Quarrydale Academy3.6 miles
Secondary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
-
Tupton Hall School3.8 miles
Secondary · Chesterfield
-
Sutton Community Academy4.0 miles
Secondary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
Other schools in Alfreton
- David Nieper Academy Secondary
- Frederick Gent School Secondary
- Swanwick Hall School Secondary
- Alfreton Nursery School Nursery
- South Normanton Nursery School Nursery
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Copthorne Community Infant School Primary
- Croft Infant School Primary
- Glebe Junior School Primary
- Leys Junior School Primary
- Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Tibshelf Community School teach?
- Tibshelf Community School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Alfreton.
- Who is the headteacher of Tibshelf Community School?
- The headteacher of Tibshelf Community School is Mrs Lucie Wainwright, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Tibshelf Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tibshelf Community School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Tibshelf Community School?
- Tibshelf Community School has 834 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Tibshelf Community School full?
- Tibshelf Community School has capacity for 750 pupils and 834 on roll (111%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Tibshelf Community School a faith school?
- No. Tibshelf Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Tibshelf Community School a selective school?
- No. Tibshelf Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does Tibshelf Community School have?
- The schools register lists Tibshelf Community School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Tibshelf Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.6 in 2022/23 and 44.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Tibshelf Community School compare with other schools in Derbyshire?
- Tibshelf Community School ranked 24th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Tibshelf Community School's absence rate?
- Tibshelf Community School's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tibshelf Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tibshelf Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.