Murray Park Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 2022 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
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Derby
Unique reference
112991
Address
Murray Road, Mickleover, DE3 9LL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1158 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
17.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.8%
Persistent absence
27.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
27.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 67.2%
Pakistani 8.5%
Mixed 6.9%
Other White 6%
African 2.9%
Other Asian 2.2%
Indian 1.9%
Other 1.4%
Unclassified 1%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.5
Local authority average 42.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.55
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award28
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
Ancient HistoryGCSE23
Art & DesignGCSE34
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE79
ChemistryGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Murray Park Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
249
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
214
2nd preference
69
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
214
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
20
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 classes20.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
277
134
143
Year 8
234
117
117
Year 9
217
119
98
Year 10
211
102
109
Year 11
219
113
106
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
81.0%
86.5%
Further education
61.0%
50.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
12.0%
26.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
7.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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