Littleover Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 19 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Derby
Unique reference
112956
Address
Pastures Hill, Littleover, DE23 4BZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1808 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
8.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.1%
Persistent absence
12.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 30.7%
Pakistani 28.5%
Indian 19.1%
Mixed 6.8%
Other Asian 3.2%
Other 3%
African 2.8%
Other White 1.9%
Caribbean 1.1%
Chinese 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.53
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 61%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.3
Local authority average 42.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.25
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE96
Business Studies:SingleGCSE86
ChemistryGCSE95
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE55
Design & TechnologyGCSE113
English LanguageGCSE294
English LiteratureGCSE294
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Littleover Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
287
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
380
2nd preference
295
3rd preference
159
From another Local Authority
92
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
269
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
293
151
142
Year 8
295
145
150
Year 9
290
134
156
Year 10
291
160
131
Year 11
291
149
142
Year 12
173
66
107
Year 13
175
80
95
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
81.0%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
50.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
49.0%
26.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
7.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
88.0%
59.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
39.0%
13.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
35.0%
12.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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