Kirk Hallam Community Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jul 12 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Derbyshire
Unique reference
146374
Address
Godfrey Drive, Kirk Hallam, DE7 4HH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
814 (66% of total capacity)
Boys
53.2%
Girls
46.8%
First language not English
2.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
37%
Persistent absence
34.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.4%
Other White 2.5%
Mixed 2.2%
Unclassified 2.1%
African 1.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.67
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.7
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.38
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award47
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE80
Business Studies:SingleGCSE39
ChemistryGCSE80
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE131
English LiteratureGCSE130
GeographyGCSE39
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kirk Hallam Community Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
104
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
104
2nd preference
97
3rd preference
48
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
104
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
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 classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
107
55
52
Year 8
165
82
83
Year 9
135
77
58
Year 10
149
76
73
Year 11
158
85
73
Year 12
55
31
24
Year 13
45
27
18
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
82.6%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
39.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
25.0%
36.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
12.0%
5.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
11.0%
6.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
48.0%
63.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
21.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
19.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
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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