Graded inspection · Sep 2022 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 | Good | |||
| 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 entry296 applications · 149 places offered · 166 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2025 2.1; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2024 2.2; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2023 2.3; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2022 2.2; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2021 2.3; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.1; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2019 2.0; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.2; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2016 3.3; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 3.2; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 3.3; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Derbyshire median
Dashed bars: as Alfreton Grange Arts College (URN 112931), the previous school.
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 | 149 | 296 | 2.0 | 166 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2025 | 145 | 297 | 2.1 | 158 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2024 | 148 | 328 | 2.2 | 180 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2023 | 149 | 341 | 2.3 | 157 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 146 | 325 | 2.2 | 167 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2021 | 142 | 325 | 2.3 | 149 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 | 127 | 260 | 2.1 | 106 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 | 135 | 267 | 2.0 | 109 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 112 | 245 | 2.2 | 105 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 68 | 135 | 2.0 | 48 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2016 * | 45 | 148 | 3.3 | 37 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 * | 58 | 187 | 3.2 | 58 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 62 | 206 | 3.3 | 58 | 0.94 |
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.) | 141 | 43.2 | 36% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 122 | 41.0 | 30% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 | 132 | 38.2 | 27% | 47% | −0.55 |
| 2022/23 | 133 | 37.6 | 22% | 44% | −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
- David Nieper AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.0applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · DerbyshireGood20231.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Derbyshire20251.3applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · Derbyshire20261.7applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · DerbyshireStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · NottinghamshireStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · Nottinghamshire20261.8applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · Derbyshire20261.7applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · Nottinghamshire20263.2applications per place 39.1Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142405 · 830/4006
- Trust
- Christopher Nieper Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 850 pupils · 810 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Alfreton Grange Arts College (URN 112931)
- Address
- Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA
- Local authority
- Derbyshire · Amber Valley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources