Mercia Academy
Secondary schoolMercia Academy is a secondary school in South Derbyshire, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 592 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 1 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 Mercia Academy was 38.7, against 46.9 in South Derbyshire and 46.2 in England.
29.2% 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 | South Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 38.7 | 46.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29.2% | 49.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48.5% | 69.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 130 | – | – |
- 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- Newhall Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 202370 m
- Newhall Junior SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), December 2021, before the school changed. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)130 m
- Esteem South AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. Good (overall), January 2023300 m
- Fairmeadows Foundation Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)830 m
- The Pingle AcademySecondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 43.4 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in South Derbyshire
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).