Derby Cathedral School

Type Secondary / Free schools
Age Range 11-19
Religion Church of England
Address Great Northern Road
Derby
Derbyshire
DE1 1LR
Phone 01332325710
Reference Number 143734

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1006
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.4%
Girls: 50.6%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 45.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 21.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 82 95 177
8 102 76 178
9 93 81 174
10 83 98 181
11 96 82 178
12 41 77 118
13 Unknown Unknown Unknown

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 46.9%
White, Other 11.2%
African 10%
White & Black (Caribbean) 5.3%
Mixed, Other 4.4%
Pakistani 3.2%
White & Asian 2.9%
Asian, Other 2.7%
Indian 2.4%
Unclassified 1.8%
White & Black (African) 1.2%
Caribbean 1.1%
Chinese 0.9%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-02-14
Date Description Report
2023-01-17 School inspection: School 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)
40.5 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 34.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 51.7% 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 125 28
Third Preference 84 4
From another Local Authority 8 1

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Ashgate Nursery School
18 Stepping Lane, Derby, DE1 1GJ
0.18 miles
Ashgate Primary School
Ashbourne Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3FS
0.33 miles
Becket Primary School
Monk Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3QB
0.39 miles
Central Community Nursery School
43 Nuns Street, Derby, DE1 3LR
0.48 miles
Whitecross Nursery School
Watson Street, Derby, DE1 3PJ
0.55 miles
Firs Primary School
Raven Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3WA
0.59 miles
Emmanuel School (Derby) Limited
Juniper Lodge, 43 Kedleston Road, Little Chester, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 1FP
0.64 miles
Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and Nursery
St Albans Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3HH
0.64 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Joseph's , Mill Hill Lane, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6SB
0.72 miles
Markeaton Primary School
Bromley Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 1HL
0.81 miles
Stonehill Nursery School
Stonehill Road, Derby, DE23 6TJ
0.83 miles
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School
Gordon Road, Gordon Road Normanton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6WR
0.84 miles
St James' Church of England Aided Infant School
Leonard Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8EG
0.96 miles
Brackensdale Spencer Academy
Walthamstow Drive, Mackworth Estate, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 4BS
0.96 miles
Dale Community Primary School
Porter Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6NL
1.04 miles
Castleward Spencer Academy
Canal Street, Derby, DE1 2RJ
1.14 miles
Arboretum Primary School
Corden Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8GP
1.15 miles
Rosehill Infant and Nursery School
Reginald Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8FQ
1.18 miles
Hardwick Primary School
Dover Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6QP
1.18 miles
St James' Church of England Aided Junior School
Reginald Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8FQ
1.21 miles
Name Distance
Jasmine Hall School
51 Ashbourne Road, Derby, DE22 3FS
0.27 miles
The Bemrose School
Uttoxeter New Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3HU
0.51 miles
Royal School for the Deaf Derby
Ashbourne Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3BH
0.61 miles
Landau Forte College
Fox Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2LF
0.88 miles
Derby College
The Roundhouse, Roundhouse Road, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8JE
1.38 miles
UTC Derby Pride Park
Locomotive Way, Derby, DE24 8PU
1.49 miles
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Duffield Road, Darley Abbey, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 1JD
1.51 miles
St Clare's School
Rough Heanor Road, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 9AZ
1.52 miles
Derby High School
Hillsway, Derby, DE23 3DT
1.57 miles
Murray Park Community School
Murray Road, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 9LL
1.62 miles
Maple View School
305A PRINCE CHARLES AVENUE, MACKWORTH, DERBY, DE22 4LL
1.63 miles
Normanton House School
Normanton House, Village Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8DF
1.68 miles
Derby Moor Spencer Academy
Moorway Lane, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 2FS
2.03 miles
Ivy House School
Moorway Lane, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 2FS
2.03 miles
Littleover Community School
Pastures Hill, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 4BZ
2.06 miles
Allestree Woodlands School
Blenheim Drive, Allestree, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 2LW
2.27 miles
St Andrew's Academy
St Andrew's View, Breadsall Hilltop, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 4EW
2.27 miles
Da Vinci Academy
St Andrew's View, Breadsall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 4ET
2.31 miles
Derby Grammar School
2.37 miles
Kingsmead School
Brighton Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8TE
2.71 miles
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