Alvaston Moor Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Derby
Unique reference
148538
Address
Brackens Lane, DE24 0AN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
864 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
36.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
62.4%
Persistent absence
40.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.6%
Other White 11.1%
African 9%
Pakistani 6.6%
Gypsy/Roma 6.3%
Other Asian 5.6%
Mixed 5.2%
Other 5.2%
Indian 2.4%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other Black 1.3%
Irish 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 35%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.3
Local authority average 42.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.66
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award24
Health StudiesTechnical Award31
TourismTechnical Award18
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Alvaston Moor Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
99
2nd preference
60
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
99
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
5
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 classes21.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
164
78
86
Year 8
187
91
96
Year 9
172
81
91
Year 10
170
93
77
Year 11
171
83
88
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
68.0%
79.5%
85.5%
Further education
51.0%
47.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
16.0%
28.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
4.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
18.0%
8.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
9.0%
4.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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