Da Vinci Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 6 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Derby
Unique reference
144066
Address
St Andrew's View, Breadsall, DE21 4ET

Pupils

Number of Pupils
711 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
12.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
52.2%
Persistent absence
31.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.4%
Mixed 7.9%
Other White 7.3%
African 2.7%
Other 2.1%
Unclassified 1.5%
Indian 1.1%
Pakistani 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 18%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.4
Local authority average 42.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.96
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award16
Health StudiesTechnical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award38
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE133
ChemistryGCSE123
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE11
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE138
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Da Vinci Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
143
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
127
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
22
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
127
2nd preference
8
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
154
87
67
Year 8
133
72
61
Year 9
140
68
72
Year 10
143
71
72
Year 11
141
73
68
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
62.0%
79.5%
85.6%
Further education
58.0%
48.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
3.0%
28.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
2.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
15.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
5.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
7.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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