Springwell Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 15 2022 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
147400
Address
Middlecroft Road, Staveley, S43 3NQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
893 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
1%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.4%
Persistent absence
27.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 96.2%
Mixed 2.1%
Other White 0.8%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.69
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.29
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award30
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award48
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE60
BiologyGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE163
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Springwell Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
164
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
158
2nd preference
73
3rd preference
25
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
158
2nd preference
4
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 classes23.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
184
96
88
Year 8
187
108
79
Year 9
179
84
95
Year 10
178
95
83
Year 11
165
83
82
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
82.6%
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
39.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
22.0%
36.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
5.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
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

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