Secondary
Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
John O'Gaunts Way, Belper, DE56 0DA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1212 of 1402 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 101.9
- Pupils per adult
- 11.5
- Pupils
- 1,173
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
November 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
October 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
44%
44.3
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.96 |
| Entered the EBacc | 42% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.53 |
| A level students | 72 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42% |
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 44% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.1 |
| 22/23 | 31.1 |
| 23/24 | 26.9 |
| 24/25 | 30.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.55 |
| 22/23 | -0.36 |
| 23/24 | -0.31 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 45.6 |
| 22/23 | 45.5 |
| 23/24 | 45.2 |
| 24/25 | 44.3 |
John O'Gaunts Way, Belper, DE56 0DA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Derbyshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Matilde Warden
- Address
- John O'Gaunts Way, Belper, DE56 0DA
- Telephone
- 01773825281