Aldercar High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 648 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.9
Community special school
Brackenfield Special School
- Pupils on roll
- 283of 280 places
- Free school meals
- 52.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 14
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 12 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at Brackenfield Special School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Brackenfield Special School’s own sixth form (Derbyshire average 34%), 70% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Derbyshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Brackenfield Special School | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 10 | 7,796 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 70% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 20% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Derbyshire
Anthony Gell School
Academy converter · sixth form · 776 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,212 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.3
Brookfield Community School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,156 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.8
Buxton Community School
Academy converter · sixth form · 954 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
Community school · 941 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.