Allestree Woodlands School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,373 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.5
Non-maintained special school
Royal School for the Deaf Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 127of 141 places
- Free school meals
- 38.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 10
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 11 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 13 pupils who finished Year 11 at Royal School for the Deaf Derby in 2023, 0% stayed on in Royal School for the Deaf Derby’s own sixth form (Derby average 28%), 31% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 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 Derby and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Derby | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 13 | 3,329 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 87% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 31% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 69% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 5% | 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
| Measure | This school | Derby | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 9.7 | 42.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 10% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 10% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 35% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.58 | 3.72 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | — | 36% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 32.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 47.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | — | 23% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 5 | 50% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| English Literature | 4 | 40% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| Geography | 4 | 40% | 41% | — | 25% | — |
| Mathematics | 4 | 40% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| Art and Design | 2 | 20% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Computer Science | 2 | 20% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| Design and Technology | 2 | 20% | 11% | — | 23% | — |
| Media Studies | 1 | 10% | 4% | — | 20% | — |
Other secondary schools in Derby
Alvaston Moor Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 851 pupils
68% stayed in education · Attainment 8 32.4
Chellaston Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,790 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.2
City of Derby Academy
Academy sponsor led · 925 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.8
Da Vinci Academy
Academy sponsor led · 668 pupils
70% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.7
Derby Cathedral School
Free schools · sixth form · 1,159 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5
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.