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.

Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
Along the front of the school, towards reception
Location
Long Lane Chapel-en-le-Frith , Derbyshire , SK23 0TQ England
Coordinates	53.3186°N 1.9224°W / 53.3186; -1.9224
Information
Type	Community school
Motto	Striving for Excellence
Established	1952; 73 years ago (1952)
Local authority	Derbyshire County Council
Department for Education URN	112932 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair	Andrew Semple
Head	Greg Raynor
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 16
Number of pupils	932
Houses	Bowden Combs Hollins Kinder
Colours	Black and red
Publication	Chapel Eye
Website	www.chapelhigh.org.uk

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 three times: Long Lane Comprehensive School, Chapel-en-le-Frith County Secondary School and finally Chapel-en-le-Frith High School.

In 2005, it was rebuilt on the original playing fields of the school and the former site was then redeveloped as the school's new sports fields. The school is housed in a specially built one-piece building.

There have only been fiveheadteachers to date.^[1] Stuart Ash retired in the 2010/11 academic year and was replaced by Simon Grieves,^[2] who was superseded by Greg Raynor in May 2025.^[3]

Admissions

Admission is open to all pupils aged 11–16 residing in the catchment area. As of January 2017^[update] the number of pupils on roll is 932.^[4]

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. ^[5] It does not have a sixth form.

The school was judged to be good by Ofsted on 15 May 2019. ^[6]

Daily life

Uniform

The school uniform is a white polo shirt with the school motto ("Striving for Excellence") on the chest, a red stripe on the collar and sleeves; a black sweatshirt with the school emblem, and black trousers.^[7] It used to be a classic shirt-and-tie uniform, but changed several years after the school moved into the new building.

Houses

The four school houses (Bowden, Combs, Hollins and Kinder) 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.^[8]

Notable former pupils

• Former High Peak Constituency MP Andrew Bingham was a pupil at the school, when it was called Long Lane Comprehensive.^[9]
• Paralympic triple Gold Medallist Anthony Kappes MBE went to the school.^[10]