City of Derby Academy
Secondary schoolCity of Derby Academy is a secondary school in Derby, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 925 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding not met, requires significant improvement
- Inspection
- Report card, 9 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Not met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at City of Derby Academy was 31.8, against 42.3 in Derby and 46.2 in England.
15.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Derby | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 31.8 | 42.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 15.6% | 37.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35.9% | 57.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 192 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Ash Croft Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)290 m
- Stenson Fields Primary Community SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2022. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- Redwood Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
- Grampian Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)900 m
- Cottons Farm Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Derby
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).