Secondary
City of Derby Academy
Farmhouse Road, Sinfin, Derby, DE24 3AR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 925 of 1050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.1
- Local authority
- Derby
- Trust
- TAPESTRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 95.2
- Pupils per adult
- 10.0
- Pupils
- 955
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 March 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
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 inspections1
March 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
26%
15 points below the Derby average (41% across 17 schools)
34.8
9.3 below the Derby average (44.1 across 17 schools)
15th of 17 by our score, among the secondary schools in Derby we can score - 23 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 34.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.92 |
| Entered the EBacc | 9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% |
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 | 23% |
| 22/23 | 19% |
| 23/24 | 19% |
| 24/25 | 26% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.32 |
| 22/23 | -0.80 |
| 23/24 | -0.56 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.6 |
| 22/23 | 30.1 |
| 23/24 | 32.3 |
| 24/25 | 34.8 |
Farmhouse Road, Sinfin, Derby, DE24 3AR
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.
Derby 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
- C Backhouse
- Address
- Farmhouse Road, Sinfin, Derby, DE24 3AR
- Telephone
- 01332270450