David Nieper Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Derbyshire
Unique reference
142405
Address
Grange Street, DE55 7JA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
775 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
4.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
41.9%
Persistent absence
27.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.8%
Mixed 2.9%
Other White 2.3%
African 0.9%
Other 0.9%
Indian 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.6
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.01
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award23
Health StudiesTechnical Award53
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award16
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE10
ChemistryGCSE10
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE133
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

David Nieper Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
148
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
116
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
146
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
153
79
74
Year 8
146
77
69
Year 9
152
77
75
Year 10
128
65
63
Year 11
132
63
69
Year 12
41
15
26
Year 13
23
13
10
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
82.6%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
39.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
36.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
5.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
6.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
16.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
42.0%
63.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
21.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
19.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.2%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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