Derby Cathedral School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 17 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Derby
Unique reference
143734
Address
Great Northern Road, DE1 1LR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1006 (69% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
21%
Free school meals (FSM)
42.7%
Persistent absence
21.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 46.9%
Mixed 13.8%
Other White 11.2%
African 10%
Other 3.3%
Pakistani 3.2%
Other Asian 2.7%
Indian 2.4%
Other Black 1.8%
Unclassified 1.8%
Caribbean 1.1%
Chinese 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 61%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.4
Local authority average 42.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.74
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE20
BiologyGCSE64
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE63
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE165
English LiteratureGCSE162
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Derby Cathedral School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
179
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
174
2nd preference
125
3rd preference
84
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
147
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes25.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
82
95
Year 8
178
102
76
Year 9
174
93
81
Year 10
181
83
98
Year 11
178
96
82
Year 12
118
41
77
Year 2023-2024

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