Noel-Baker Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Derby
Unique reference
143853
Address
Bracknell Drive, Alvaston, DE24 0BR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1143 (71% of total capacity)
Boys
48.2%
Girls
51.8%
First language not English
8.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
41.4%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.1%
Mixed 8.8%
Other White 6.1%
African 3.2%
Pakistani 2.2%
Other Asian 2%
Indian 1.7%
Other Black 1.1%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.56
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.8
Local authority average 42.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.24
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award41
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE190
Business Studies:SingleGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE190
English LanguageGCSE199
English LiteratureGCSE199
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE31
GeographyGCSE72
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Noel-Baker Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
278
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
259
2nd preference
88
3rd preference
29
From another Local Authority
41
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
248
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
21
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
276
136
140
Year 8
268
131
137
Year 9
242
110
132
Year 10
218
113
105
Year 11
139
61
78
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
81.0%
86.5%
Further education
68.0%
50.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
12.0%
26.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
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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