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City of Derby Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 925Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 145132URN

Farmhouse Road, Sinfin, Derby, DE24 3AR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Safeguarding standards not met

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.1per place
0.7 below Derby median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Derby

194 applications for 178 places · 15th of 15 in Derby
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
31.8of 90
16th of 16 in Derby
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Safeguarding: standards not met at the latest report card inspection

Report card · inspected 9 June 2026Published 15 September 2026 · safeguarding standards not met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 9 June 2026
    Report card · 5 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement
  2. 19 March 2024
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
1.1applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Derby median (1.8) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

194 applications · 178 places offered · 112 named it first

  1. 2026 1.1; Derby median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.1; Derby median median 1.6
  3. 2024 0.9; Derby median median 1.4
  4. 2023 1.1; Derby median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.2; Derby median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.2; Derby median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.1; Derby median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.0; Derby median median 1.7
  9. 2018 0.9; Derby median median 1.5
  10. 2017 1.0; Derby median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.1; Derby median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.2; Derby median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.2; Derby median median 1.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Derby median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Derby median

Dashed bars: as City of Derby Academy (URN 139564), Sinfin Community School (URN 112944), 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 20261781941.11120.63
Sep 20251792031.11130.63
Sep 20241791660.9990.55
Sep 20232022221.11390.69
Sep 20221972271.21500.76
Sep 20211952341.21290.66
Sep 20202062201.11150.56
Sep 20191791821.0990.55
Sep 20181671520.9720.43
Sep 2017 *1971961.01090.55
Sep 2016 *2072291.11290.62
Sep 2015 *1772151.21210.68
Sep 2014 *1712011.21010.59

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

192 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)31.816th of 16 in Derby
Grade 5 or above in English and maths16%16th of 16 in Derby
Grade 4 or above in English and maths36%
  • This school
  • Derby median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.56
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19231.816%36%–
2024/2519134.826%41%–
2023/2416832.319%38%−0.56
2022/2318130.119%35%−0.80

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
145132 · 831/4008
Trust
Tapestry Learning Partnership
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 925 on roll
Free school meals
57.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
City of Derby Academy (URN 139564); Sinfin Community School (URN 112944)
Address
Farmhouse Road, Sinfin, Derby, DE24 3AR
Local authority
Derby

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