Graded inspection · Sep 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 | |||
| 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 entry520 applications · 288 places offered · 302 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Derby median median 1.8
- 2025 1.6; Derby median median 1.6
- 2024 1.4; Derby median median 1.4
- 2023 1.5; Derby median median 1.5
- 2022 1.6; Derby median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; Derby median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 1.6; Derby median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.6; Derby median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Derby median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Derby median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Derby median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Derby median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Derby median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Derby median
Dashed bars: as Chellaston Academy (URN 136360), 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 | 288 | 520 | 1.8 | 302 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2025 | 295 | 469 | 1.6 | 301 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 296 | 420 | 1.4 | 310 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 297 | 442 | 1.5 | 311 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 297 | 478 | 1.6 | 330 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 * | 299 | 493 | 1.7 | 337 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2020 * | 297 | 483 | 1.6 | 328 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 * | 197 | 516 | 2.6 | 347 | 1.76 |
| Sep 2018 * | 308 | 582 | 1.9 | 382 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2017 * | 266 | 445 | 1.7 | 313 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2016 * | 276 | 467 | 1.7 | 314 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2015 * | 279 | 496 | 1.8 | 333 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2014 * | 261 | 436 | 1.7 | 292 | 1.12 |
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.) | 292 | 53.1 | 56% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 297 | 49.2 | 50% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 297 | 48.4 | 54% | 74% | −0.07 |
| 2022/23 | 283 | 53.9 | 66% | 80% | +0.22 |
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
- Chellaston AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.8applications per place 53.1Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Derby20261.5applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · DerbyRequires improvement20231.1applications per place 33.6Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · DerbyRequires significant improvement 20261.1applications per place 31.8Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · DerbyGood202339.5Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · DerbyRemains Good20222.4applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · DerbyStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · DerbyGood20223.5applications per place 54.5Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · DerbyGood20241.8applications per place 34.2Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148639 · 831/4012
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2021
- Replaced
- Chellaston Academy (URN 136360)
- Address
- Swarkestone Road, Derby, DE73 5UB
- Local authority
- Derby
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources