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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 24 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 15 May 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry203 applications · 106 places offered · 103 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2025 2.5; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2024 2.3; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2023 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2022 2.1; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.1; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2019 2.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.2; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.1; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2016 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2015 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 106 | 203 | 1.9 | 103 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 101 | 251 | 2.5 | 99 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 110 | 252 | 2.3 | 108 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 146 | 293 | 2.0 | 170 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2022 | 107 | 227 | 2.1 | 97 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 143 | 255 | 1.8 | 121 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2020 | 139 | 289 | 2.1 | 124 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 101 | 257 | 2.5 | 119 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2018 | 125 | 275 | 2.2 | 120 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 145 | 302 | 2.1 | 158 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2016 | 142 | 286 | 2.0 | 133 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 | 119 | 235 | 2.0 | 119 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 115 | 191 | 1.7 | 115 | 1.00 |
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.) | 133 | 44.4 | 38% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 148 | 48.1 | 50% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 118 | 47.8 | 50% | 72% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 117 | 48.0 | 44% | 70% | −0.11 |
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
- Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · DerbyshireGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · DerbyshireGood20241.5applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · DerbyshireGood20232.3applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · NottinghamshireGood20243.5applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · DerbyshireOutstanding20231.7applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · NottinghamRemains Good20231.4applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · NottinghamshireGood20232.1applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · NottinghamshireGood20241.7applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137908 · 830/5415
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 606 pupils · 625 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2012
- Replaced
- Saint John Houghton Catholic School (URN 113000)
- Address
- Abbot Road, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, DE7 4HX
- Local authority
- Derbyshire · Erewash
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources