Tibshelf Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 29 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Derbyshire
Unique reference
112949
Address
Doe Hill Lane, Tibshelf, DE55 5LZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
819 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
1.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.9%
Persistent absence
20.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.4%
Mixed 2.3%
Unclassified 1.2%
Other White 1.1%
African 0.7%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 30%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.1
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.7
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award29
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award33
Health StudiesTechnical Award27
MultimediaTechnical Award11
Sports StudiesTechnical Award63
TourismTechnical Award20
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Tibshelf Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
166
2nd preference
79
3rd preference
29
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
173
82
91
Year 8
177
95
82
Year 9
149
82
67
Year 10
161
85
76
Year 11
159
83
76
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
81.4%
85.5%
Further education
51.0%
41.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
25.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
5.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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