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Noel-Baker Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,230Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 143853URN

Bracknell Drive, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0BR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.3 below Derby median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Derby

379 applications for 257 places · 12th of 15 in Derby
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
35.2of 90
12th of 16 in Derby
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 30 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 30 June 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 15 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.5applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Derby median (1.8) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

379 applications · 257 places offered · 210 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Derby median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.4; Derby median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.4; Derby median median 1.4
  4. 2023 1.4; Derby median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.2; Derby median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.1; Derby median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.1; Derby median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.3; Derby median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.2; Derby median median 1.5
  10. 2017 1.4; Derby median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.2; Derby median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.2; Derby median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.3; Derby median median 1.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Derby median in 0 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Derby median

Dashed bars: as Noel-Baker School (URN 112992), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262573791.52100.82
Sep 20252743831.42430.89
Sep 20242783821.42590.93
Sep 20232793901.42750.99
Sep 20222593051.22130.82
Sep 20212632801.11840.70
Sep 20202202391.11560.71
Sep 20191341761.3960.72
Sep 20182392931.21840.77
Sep 20172683811.42911.09
Sep 2016 *2643161.22190.83
Sep 2015 *2653151.22300.87
Sep 2014 *2263001.31890.84

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

229 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)35.212th of 16 in Derby
Grade 5 or above in English and maths28%11th of 16 in Derby
Grade 4 or above in English and maths45%
  • This school
  • Derby median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.84
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22935.228%45%–
2024/2521236.330%56%–
2023/2413735.223%36%−0.84
2022/2320535.821%47%−0.56

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

  • 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
143853 · 831/4005
Trust
L.e.a.d. Academy Trust
Capacity
1,400 pupils · 1,230 on roll
Free school meals
48.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2017
Replaced
Noel-Baker School (URN 112992)
Address
Bracknell Drive, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0BR
Local authority
Derby

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources