Chellaston Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 2023 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
Derby
Unique reference
148639
Address
Swarkestone Road, DE73 5UB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1807 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
7.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.3%
Persistent absence
17.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.3%
Indian 7.1%
Mixed 6.8%
Other White 3.4%
African 3%
Other Asian 2%
Pakistani 1.4%
Chinese 0.8%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Unclassified 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.9
Local authority average 42.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.69
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE80
ChemistryGCSE58
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE53
English LanguageGCSE297
English LiteratureGCSE293
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE33
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Chellaston Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
296
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
310
2nd preference
50
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
152
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
291
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
126
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 classes21.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
299
151
148
Year 8
300
140
160
Year 9
299
149
150
Year 10
296
143
153
Year 11
297
167
130
Year 12
174
82
92
Year 13
142
60
82
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
79.5%
85.6%
Further education
39.0%
48.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
44.0%
28.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
SP
2.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
5.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
7.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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