Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Derbyshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry393 applications · 239 places offered · 229 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2025 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2021 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2019 2.1; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.1; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2016 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2014 2.2; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- This school
- Derbyshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 239 | 393 | 1.6 | 229 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 233 | 383 | 1.6 | 256 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 232 | 411 | 1.8 | 266 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 | 239 | 423 | 1.8 | 256 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 237 | 431 | 1.8 | 260 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 235 | 472 | 2.0 | 249 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2020 | 234 | 474 | 2.0 | 266 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2019 | 235 | 484 | 2.1 | 282 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 | 235 | 479 | 2.0 | 248 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2017 | 235 | 493 | 2.1 | 288 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2016 | 236 | 425 | 1.8 | 237 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 237 | 457 | 1.9 | 268 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 | 206 | 450 | 2.2 | 262 | 1.27 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 232 | 57.3 | 68% | 90% | – |
| 2024/25 | 238 | 58.3 | 71% | 86% | – |
| 2023/24 | 238 | 57.2 | 69% | 86% | +0.41 |
| 2022/23 | 240 | 56.3 | 67% | 86% | +0.34 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Ecclesbourne SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.6applications per place 57.3Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · DerbyGood20242.1applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · DerbyRemains Good20232.2applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · DerbyshireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · DerbyshireGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Derby20261.2applications per place 35.0Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · DerbyOutstanding20246.7applications per place 51.6Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · DerbyGood20232.5applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · DerbyGood20231.7applications per place 43.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136505 · 830/5401
- Trust
- The Ecclesbourne School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,603 pupils · 1,604 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2011
- Replaced
- The Ecclesbourne School (URN 112986)
- Address
- Wirksworth Road, Duffield, Belper, DE56 4GS
- Local authority
- Derbyshire · Amber Valley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources