Granville Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Good
Dec 3 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Derbyshire
Unique reference
144533
Address
Burton Road, Woodville, DE11 7JR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
909 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
5.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.8%
Persistent absence
17.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.3%
Other White 5.3%
Mixed 2.6%
Unclassified 1.7%
Chinese 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 47%
Local authority average 30%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.3
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.17
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE17
Business Studies:SingleGCSE69
ChemistryGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE164
English LiteratureGCSE164
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE30
GeographyGCSE75
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Granville Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
171
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
44
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
166
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
189
93
96
Year 8
191
100
91
Year 9
190
103
87
Year 10
170
80
90
Year 11
169
83
86
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
81.4%
85.5%
Further education
47.0%
41.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
30.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
5.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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