Kirk Hallam Community Academy

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Godfrey Drive
Kirk Hallam
Ilkeston
Derbyshire
DE7 4HH
Phone 01159301522
Reference Number 146374

Description

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Kirk Hallam Community Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, UK, with a postcode of DE7 4HH. Noteworthy facts about the academy include:

  1. It caters to students aged 11 to 16, offering Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 education.
  2. With its motto, "Respect, Achieve, Succeed," Kirk Hallam Community Academy prioritizes creating a positive school environment that supports student success.
  3. The academy follows a rigorous, exam-focused curriculum, with a high standard of groundwork provided in all subjects.
  4. The school offers quality enrichment opportunities, including music, sports, and academic activities for students.
  5. Kirk Hallam is an Academy within the Greenwood Academies Trust, a not-for-profit charitable organization that aims to provide a high-quality education.
  6. The Trust operates a family of educational establishments, including primary and secondary schools, in the East Midlands area of the UK.
  7. Kirk Hallam Community Academy also hosts a Nursery that serves as an early years setting.

The academy's actions are guided by its core values, including aspiration, integrity, determination, integrity, resilience, and respect. The school is committed to serving its community and celebrating the potential of its students.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 871
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.42%
Girls: 45.58%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 174
8 142
9 157
10 171
11 132
12 52
13 43

Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
Last Inspection Date 2022-09-21
Date Description Report
2022-07-12 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)
38.7 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 36% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 51% Upgrade Upgrade

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)
-0.67 Upgrade Upgrade

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:

GCSE Results

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.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 134 20
Third Preference 56 1
From another Local Authority 2 2

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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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