Graded inspection · Jan 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 entry267 applications · 159 places offered · 153 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2025 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.7; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2019 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8
- 2018 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.8; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2016 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Derbyshire median
Dashed bars: as Swanwick Hall School (URN 112930), 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 | 159 | 267 | 1.7 | 153 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 138 | 245 | 1.8 | 129 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 170 | 237 | 1.4 | 133 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2023 | 164 | 304 | 1.9 | 161 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 186 | 302 | 1.6 | 170 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 201 | 337 | 1.7 | 185 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 189 | 316 | 1.7 | 178 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 200 | 335 | 1.7 | 192 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 186 | 346 | 1.9 | 178 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 186 | 334 | 1.8 | 184 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 * | 211 | 369 | 1.8 | 212 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 198 | 329 | 1.7 | 198 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 185 | 327 | 1.8 | 177 | 0.96 |
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.) | 197 | 44.1 | 37% | 61% | – |
| 2024/25 | 193 | 42.6 | 42% | 64% | – |
| 2023/24 | 192 | 38.9 | 34% | 52% | −0.61 |
| 2022/23 | 207 | 42.7 | 40% | 58% | −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
- Swanwick Hall SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · DerbyshireGood20222.0applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · DerbyshireStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · Derbyshire20251.3applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · NottinghamshireStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · Derbyshire20261.7applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · DerbyshireGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · DerbyshireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · DerbyshireOutstanding20231.7applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142741 · 830/4000
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,257 pupils · 1,025 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2016
- Replaced
- Swanwick Hall School (URN 112930)
- Address
- Derby Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, DE55 1AE
- Local authority
- Derbyshire · Amber Valley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources