Springwell Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Good
Nov 5 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
147400
Address
Middlecroft Road, Staveley, S43 3NQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
881 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
53.7%
Girls
46.3%
First language not English
0.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
43%
Persistent absence
21.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 95.3%
Mixed 2.6%
Other White 1.1%
African 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 30%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.7
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.18
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award7
Health StudiesTechnical Award37
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE14
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE168
English LiteratureGCSE160
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Springwell Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
148
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
139
2nd preference
82
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
139
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes27.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
100
78
Year 8
180
96
84
Year 9
182
105
77
Year 10
170
82
88
Year 11
171
90
81
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
81.4%
85.5%
Further education
58.0%
41.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
21.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
5.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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