Lord Derby Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Seel Road
Huyton
Liverpool
Merseyside
L36 6DG
Phone 01514778860
Reference Number 140412

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1086
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.54%
Girls: 50.46%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 51.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 104 119 223
8 117 104 221
9 107 109 216
10 100 113 213
11 110 103 213

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 93.2%
White, Other 2%
White & Asian 0.9%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
African 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Asian, Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-09-29
Date Description Report
2023-06-27 School inspection: School inspection:
2019-04-24 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2017-01-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 26.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 46% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 132 10
Third Preference 96 6
From another Local Authority 54 7

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
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0.33 miles
Sylvester Primary Academy
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0.41 miles
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0.46 miles
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0.47 miles
Willow Tree Primary School
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0.54 miles
Blacklow Brow School
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0.63 miles
Knowsley Central School
Mossbrow Road, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 7SY
0.63 miles
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Marina Crescent, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 5XL
0.65 miles
St Aloysius Catholic Primary School
Twig Lane, Huyton-with-Roby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 2LF
0.91 miles
St Columba's Catholic Primary School
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0.99 miles
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1.02 miles
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Astley Road, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 8DB
1.15 miles
Roby Park Primary School
Easton Road, Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside, L36 4NY
1.39 miles
Halsnead Primary School
Pennywood Drive, Whiston, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 3TX
1.42 miles
St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School
Bryer Road, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 5DN
1.5 miles
Dovecot Primary School
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1.52 miles
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
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1.54 miles
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1.64 miles
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1.68 miles
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0.08 miles
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1.08 miles
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1.66 miles
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1.75 miles
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1.76 miles
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2.46 miles
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2.75 miles
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2.83 miles
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2.85 miles
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2.87 miles
King David High School
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2.94 miles
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