City of Derby Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-16
Religion Unknown
Address Farmhouse Road
Sinfin
Derby
Derbyshire
DE24 3AR
Phone 01332270450
Reference Number 145132

General Makeup

Number of pupils 955
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.31%
Girls: 48.69%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 51.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 56.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 103 110 213
8 103 94 197
9 95 95 190
10 100 88 188
11 89 78 167

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 25%
Unclassified 13.4%
Indian 13.3%
White, Other 12.1%
Pakistani 12.1%
Asian, Other 4.1%
African 2.9%
Mixed, Other 2.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.1%
White & Asian 1.8%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
Caribbean 0.6%
Chinese 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-05-08
Date Description Report
2024-03-19 School inspection: School inspection:
2022-03-01 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)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 19% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 31% 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 26 7
Third Preference 28 4
From another Local Authority 15 10

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
Ash Croft Primary Academy
Deep Dale Lane, Sinfin, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 3HF
0.18 miles
Stenson Fields Primary Community School
Heather Close, Stenson Fields, Sinfin, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 3BW
0.29 miles
Redwood Primary School
Redwood Road, Sinfin, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 9PG
0.38 miles
Grampian Primary Academy
Grampian Way, Sinfin, Derby, DE24 9LU
0.56 miles
Cottons Farm Primary Academy
Sheridan Street, Sinfin, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 9HG
0.79 miles
Gayton Junior School
Gayton Junior School, Littleover, Gayton Junior School, Gayton Avenue, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 1GA
1.29 miles
Ridgeway Infant School
Uplands Avenue, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 1GG
1.33 miles
St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Uplands Avenue, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 1GG
1.41 miles
Akaal Primary School
Grange Avenue, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8DG
1.44 miles
Griffe Field Primary School
Grosvenor Drive, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 3UQ
1.65 miles
Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School
Twyford Road, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7HA
1.65 miles
Village Primary Academy
Village Street, Normanton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8DF
1.67 miles
Shelton Infant School
Carlton Avenue, Shelton Lock, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 9EJ
1.75 miles
Shelton Junior School
Shelton Junior School, Carlton Avenue, Shelton Lock, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 9EJ
1.75 miles
Highfields Spencer Academy
Tutbury Avenue, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 3UX
1.76 miles
Allenton Primary School
Brookhouse Street, Allenton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 9BB
1.84 miles
Lord Street Nursery School
Lord Street, Derby, DE24 9AX
1.85 miles
Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy
Carlisle Avenue, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 3ES
1.94 miles
Harrington Nursery School
Harrington Street, Derby, DE23 8PE
1.94 miles
Homefields Primary School
Parkway, Chellaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 5NY
1.95 miles
Name Distance
Normanton House School
Normanton House, Village Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8DF
1.64 miles
Derby Moor Spencer Academy
Moorway Lane, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 2FS
1.69 miles
Ivy House School
Moorway Lane, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 2FS
1.69 miles
Derby Grammar School
2 miles
Littleover Community School
Pastures Hill, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 4BZ
2.19 miles
Alvaston Moor Academy
Brackens Lane, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 0AN
2.22 miles
Derby High School
Hillsway, Derby, DE23 3DT
2.23 miles
Noel-Baker Academy
Bracknell Drive, Alvaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 0BR
2.3 miles
St Martins School
The Derwent Campus, Bracknell Drive, Alvaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 0BT
2.3 miles
Chellaston Academy
Swarkestone Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 5UB
2.31 miles
Kingsmead School
Brighton Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8TE
2.8 miles
Repton Preparatory School
Foremarke Hall, Derby, DE65 6EJ
2.83 miles
St Clare's School
Rough Heanor Road, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 9AZ
2.84 miles
The Bemrose School
Uttoxeter New Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3HU
2.9 miles
UTC Derby Pride Park
Locomotive Way, Derby, DE24 8PU
3.02 miles
High Grange School
Hospital Lane, Mickleover, Derbyshire, DE3 0DR
3.13 miles
Derby College
The Roundhouse, Roundhouse Road, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8JE
3.2 miles
Derby Cathedral School
Great Northern Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 1LR
3.23 miles
Murray Park Community School
Murray Road, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 9LL
3.38 miles
Repton School
Repton, Derby, DE65 6FH
3.43 miles
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