Brackensdale Spencer Academy

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Walthamstow Drive
Mackworth Estate
Derby
Derbyshire
DE22 4BS
Phone 01332341171
Reference Number 148384

General Makeup

Number of pupils 479
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 56.58%
Girls: 43.42%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 37%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 21.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 38 25 63
2 36 30 66
3 34 26 60
4 36 24 60
5 44 25 69
6 40 30 70

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 69.9%
White, Other 7.9%
African 4.4%
Mixed, Other 2.7%
White & Asian 2.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.3%
Unclassified 2.3%
Asian, Other 2.1%
Indian 1.9%
White & Black (African) 1%
Pakistani 1%
Chinese 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-26
Date Description Report
2024-10-15 School inspection School inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 42% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 101 Unlock Unlock
Maths 101 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

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.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.7 Unlock Unlock
Writing 3.4 Unlock Unlock
Maths -1 Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Unlock Unlock
Second Preference 17 1
Third Preference 8 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Reigate Park Primary Academy
Reigate Drive, Mackworth Estate, Derby, DE22 4EQ
0.57 miles
Ashgate Primary School
Ashbourne Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3FS
0.8 miles
Ashgate Nursery School
18 Stepping Lane, Derby, DE1 1GJ
0.86 miles
Whitecross Nursery School
Watson Street, Derby, DE1 3PJ
1.07 miles
Markeaton Primary School
Bromley Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 1HL
1.1 miles
Ravensdale Junior School
Devonshire Drive, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 9EY
1.13 miles
Wren Park Primary School
Jackson Avenue, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 9AY
1.15 miles
Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School
Devonshire Drive, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 9HE
1.17 miles
Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and Nursery
St Albans Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3HH
1.19 miles
Central Community Nursery School
43 Nuns Street, Derby, DE1 3LR
1.23 miles
Emmanuel School (Derby) Limited
Juniper Lodge, 43 Kedleston Road, Little Chester, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 1FP
1.26 miles
Firs Primary School
Raven Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3WA
1.29 miles
Hackwood Primary Academy
240 Starflower Way, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 0FD
1.3 miles
Becket Primary School
Monk Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3QB
1.32 miles
Lawn Primary School
Norbury Close, Allestree, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 2QR
1.44 miles
St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School
Thornhill Road, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6FZ
1.45 miles
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Broadway, Derby, DE22 1AU
1.54 miles
Stonehill Nursery School
Stonehill Road, Derby, DE23 6TJ
1.57 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Joseph's , Mill Hill Lane, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6SB
1.6 miles
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School
Gordon Road, Gordon Road Normanton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6WR
1.66 miles
Name Distance
Royal School for the Deaf Derby
Ashbourne Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3BH
0.64 miles
Maple View School
305A PRINCE CHARLES AVENUE, MACKWORTH, DERBY, DE22 4LL
0.67 miles
The Bemrose School
Uttoxeter New Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3HU
0.81 miles
Murray Park Community School
Murray Road, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 9LL
0.83 miles
Jasmine Hall School
51 Ashbourne Road, Derby, DE22 3FS
0.89 miles
Derby Cathedral School
Great Northern Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 1LR
0.96 miles
St Clare's School
Rough Heanor Road, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 9AZ
1.03 miles
Derby High School
Hillsway, Derby, DE23 3DT
1.46 miles
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Duffield Road, Darley Abbey, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 1JD
1.74 miles
Landau Forte College
Fox Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2LF
1.74 miles
Littleover Community School
Pastures Hill, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 4BZ
1.82 miles
Derby Moor Spencer Academy
Moorway Lane, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 2FS
2.04 miles
Ivy House School
Moorway Lane, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 2FS
2.04 miles
Allestree Woodlands School
Blenheim Drive, Allestree, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 2LW
2.1 miles
Derby Grammar School
2.16 miles
Normanton House School
Normanton House, Village Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8DF
2.29 miles
Derby College
The Roundhouse, Roundhouse Road, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8JE
2.34 miles
UTC Derby Pride Park
Locomotive Way, Derby, DE24 8PU
2.45 miles
High Grange School
Hospital Lane, Mickleover, Derbyshire, DE3 0DR
2.66 miles
St Andrew's Academy
St Andrew's View, Breadsall Hilltop, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 4EW
2.93 miles
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