Noel-Baker Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Derby · DE24 0BR · Derby
Ages 11–16
- Att835.2
- P8-0.8
- EM5+23%
- Absence11.7%
1.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 148639
Chellaston Academy
Academy converter · Derby · DE73 5UB
Ages 11–18 · 1,790 pupils · Derby
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
48.4
Overall absence
7.5%
Admissions demand
1.05 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-09-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.07
−20+2
Attainment 848.4
English & maths grade 5+54%
English & maths grade 4+74%
EBacc entry23%
EBacc APS: 4.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.5%
Unauthorised2.2%
- Authorised absence
- 5.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,518
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.05 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
310
Places offered
296
1st-preference offers
291
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 420
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 296
- Applications from outside LA
- 152
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 126
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
- Pupils on roll
- 1,790
- Boys / girls
- 868 / 922
- Free school meals
- 21.2%
- FSM pupils
- 315
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: TAPESTRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Academy trust
- TAPESTRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Sponsor
- Djanogly Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Damian Leese
Location
- Address
- Swarkestone Road
- Postcode
- DE73 5UB
- Town
- Derby
- County
- Derbyshire
- Local authority
- Derby
- District
- Derby
- Constituency
- Derby South
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Derby, Derby, 1,790 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy. Free school meals: 21.2%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Alvaston Moor Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Derby · DE24 0AN · Derby
Ages 11–19
- Att830.1
- P8-0.9
- EM5+20%
- Absence15.9%
1.6 miles away
City of Derby Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Derby · DE24 3AR · Derby
Ages 11–16
- Att832.3
- P8-0.6
- EM5+19%
- Absence10.6%
2.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Damian Leese
- Telephone
- 01332702502