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%
0.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 143853
Noel-Baker Academy
Academy sponsor led · Derby · DE24 0BR
Ages 11–16 · 1,230 pupils · Derby
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
35.2
Overall absence
11.7%
Admissions demand
0.95 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-02-15
- 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 8-0.84
−20+2
Attainment 835.2
English & maths grade 5+23%
English & maths grade 4+36%
EBacc entry37%
EBacc APS: 3.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence11.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)35.0%
Unauthorised5.0%
- Authorised absence
- 6.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,207
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
0.95 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
259
Places offered
278
1st-preference offers
248
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 382
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 273
- Applications from outside LA
- 41
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 21
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).
Capacity fill88%
1,230 pupils · 1,400 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,230
- Boys / girls
- 593 / 637
- School capacity
- 1,400
- Capacity fill
- 1,230 / 1,400 (88%)
- Free school meals
- 48.9%
- FSM pupils
- 601
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- L.E.A.D. Multi-Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Greenough
Location
- Address
- Bracknell Drive, Alvaston
- Postcode
- DE24 0BR
- 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 sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Derby, Derby, 1,230 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 48.9%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Chellaston Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Derby · DE73 5UB · Derby
Ages 11–18
- Att848.4
- P8-0.1
- EM5+54%
- Absence7.5%
1.2 miles away
UTC Derby Pride Park
Ofsted: GoodUniversity technical college · Secondary
Derby · DE24 8PU · Derby
Ages 13–19
- Att834.5
- P8-0.7
- EM5+32%
- Absence8.4%
2.3 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
West Park School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Secondary
Derby · DE21 7BT · Derby
Ages 11–16
- Att846.5
- P8-0.1
- EM5+49%
- Absence9.9%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Greenough
- Telephone
- 01332572026