Tibshelf Community School
School Name: Tibshelf Community School Address: Doe Hill Lane, Tibshelf Town/City: Alfreton County: Derbyshire Postcode: DE55 5LZ Telephone Number: 01773 872391 Website: http://www.tibshelf.derbyshire.sch.uk
Phase: Secondary (ages 11-16) Type: Community school Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Headteacher: Mrs Lucie Wainwright
Capacity: 750
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 834 (51% boys & 49% girls)
Enrollment: 111% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 34.7%
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
URN: 112949
DfE Number: 830/4173
UKPRN: 10015976
UPRN: 10013064438
Region: East Midlands (E12000004)
District: Bolsover (E07000033)
Constituency: Bolsover (E14001109)
Electoral Ward: Tibshelf (E05011998)
Easting & Northing: 443405E, 360461N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 8' 24.63" N 1° 21' 8.85" W
Plus Code: 9C5W4JRX+32
DfE Record: View record
- Town End Junior School (0.4km)
- Tibshelf Infant School (1.0km)
- Newton Primary School (1.5km)
- Pilsley Primary School (1.9km)
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School (2.1km)
- Morton Primary Academy (2.3km)
- Westhouses Primary School (2.5km)
- Stonebroom Primary and Nursery School (2.6km)
- Woodland View Primary and Nursery School (3.4km)
- The Green Flying High Academy (3.6km)
Predecessor school†
- Mrs Kelly Dixon - Governor. Appointed on 11 February 2026 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 10 February 2030.
- Mr Peter Haywood - Governor. Appointed on 10 May 2023 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 9 May 2027.
- Mr Sam Moses - Governor. Appointed on 15 October 2025 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 14 October 2029.
- Mr Kieran Newton - Governor. Appointed on 14 June 2023 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 13 June 2027.
- Mrs Rachel Ottewell - Governor. Appointed on 18 September 2024 (Appointed by LA). Term runs until 17 September 2028.
- Ms Jill Smith - Governor. Appointed on 8 May 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 7 May 2028.
- Ms Jill Smith - Chair of Governors. Appointed on 1 January 2026 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 31 December 2026.
- Mr James Andrew Swain - Governor. Appointed on 12 February 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 11 February 2029.
- Mrs Lucie Wainwright - Governor. Appointed on 17 June 2019 (Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal). Term runs until 31 December 2029.
- Mr Peter Wragsdale - Chair of Governors. Appointed on 18 February 2022 (Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates). Term runs until 31 December 2025.
- Mr Peter Wragsdale - Governor. Appointed on 18 February 2022 (Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates). Term runs until 31 December 2025.
- Mr Lawrence Youel - Governor. Appointed on 11 February 2026 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 10 February 2030.