Allestree Woodlands School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,373 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.5
Academy sponsor led
City of Derby Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 925of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 57.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 191
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 19 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: City of Derby Academy (URN 139564, until 31 August 2017).
What the data says
City of Derby Academy has no sixth form. Of the 181 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 56% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
18% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 34.8 against 46.1 across England and 42.2 in Derby, with 26% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils 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 | City of Derby Academy | Derby | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 181 | 3,329 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 76% | 87% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 72% | 80% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 15% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 56% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 18% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | City of Derby Academy | Derby | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 34.8 | 42.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 9% | 35% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.92 | 3.72 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 53% | 36% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.6 | 32.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.9 | 47.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 63% | 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 | 190 | 99% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 52% |
| Mathematics | 190 | 99% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 44% |
| Combined Science | 190 | 99% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 41% |
| English Literature | 187 | 98% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 55% |
| History | 86 | 45% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 47% |
| Geography | 59 | 31% | 41% | 8% | 25% | 36% |
| Fine Art | 48 | 25% | 9% | 19% | 28% | 75% |
| Business Studies | 39 | 20% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 56% |
| Design and Technology | 18 | 9% | 11% | 11% | 23% | 33% |
| Photography | 15 | 8% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 93% |
| Religious Studies | 15 | 8% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 53% |
| Physical Education | 14 | 7% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 50% |
| German | 12 | 6% | 5% | 17% | 33% | 58% |
| French | 8 | 4% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 0% |
| Italian | 6 | 3% | 0% | 100% | 53% | 100% |
| Urdu | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Music | 5 | 3% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Punjabi | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Spanish | 2 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Engineering | 46 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 43 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 28 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 22 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 13 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 10 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 6 | — | — |
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
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
Derby Moor Spencer Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,740 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.7
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.