Belper School and Sixth Form Centre

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 23 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
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Derbyshire
Unique reference
112989
Address
John O'Gaunts Way, DE56 0DA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1173 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
1.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.4%
Persistent absence
22.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.5%
Mixed 3.4%
Other White 2%
Unclassified 2%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.5
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.16
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE47
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE47
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE198
English LiteratureGCSE191
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Belper School and Sixth Form Centre

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
210
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
31
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
197
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
117
91
Year 8
207
114
93
Year 9
209
94
115
Year 10
206
101
105
Year 11
207
96
111
Year 12
74
36
38
Year 13
62
28
34
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
82.6%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
39.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
36.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
5.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
6.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.8%
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
60.0%
63.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
21.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
19.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.2%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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