Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Derby
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 |
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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 entry431 applications · 176 places offered · 158 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; Derby median median 1.8
- 2025 2.4; Derby median median 1.6
- 2024 2.2; Derby median median 1.4
- 2023 2.3; Derby median median 1.5
- 2022 2.1; Derby median median 1.7
- 2021 2.2; Derby median median 1.6
- 2020 2.4; Derby median median 1.7
- 2019 1.8; Derby median median 1.7
- This school
- Derby 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 | 176 | 431 | 2.5 | 158 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 180 | 437 | 2.4 | 173 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 179 | 400 | 2.2 | 174 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 177 | 401 | 2.3 | 169 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 177 | 364 | 2.1 | 183 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2021 | 179 | 391 | 2.2 | 140 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 | 179 | 436 | 2.4 | 175 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 160 | 288 | 1.8 | 122 | 0.76 |
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.) | 176 | 43.7 | 39% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 178 | 41.5 | 35% | 57% | – |
| 2023/24 | 178 | 40.5 | 34% | 56% | −0.69 |
| 2022/23 | 167 | 41.4 | 30% | 62% | −0.41 |
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
- Derby Cathedral SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.5applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · DerbyGood20241.8applications per place 34.2Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · DerbyOutstanding20246.7applications per place 51.6Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · DerbyGood202339.5Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · DerbyRemains Good20232.2applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Derby20261.6applications per place 43.0Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · DerbyRemains Good20222.4applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · DerbyGood20223.5applications per place 54.5Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · DerbyGood20242.1applications per place 46.3Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143734 · 831/4004
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,260 pupils · 1,159 on roll
- Free school meals
- 56.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 3 September 2018
- Address
- Great Northern Road, Derby, DE1 1LR
- Local authority
- Derby
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources