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Granville Academy

Swadlincote, DE11 7JR · Derbyshire · secondary school

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Mixed Secondary
6.3/10 Broadly average

9th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 8.1/10 against 635 of them, against 6.3/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 48.2 · 61 46% 2.82
Progress 8 2023/24 0.24 · 68 38% 2.62
Attainment 8 2024/25 46.5 · 54 15% 0.83

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 48.2% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 46.5, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.24 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (8.1 out of 10 against similar schools, 6.3 out of 10 against all schools).

Getting in. The school has 909 pupils in a capacity of 950, leaving 41 spare places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils in raising their Progress 8 scores further? What are the specific entry requirements for the remaining 41 places? How does the curriculum adapt to the diverse backgrounds of the student body?

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