Aldercar High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 648 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.9
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Shirebrook Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 824of 850 places
- Free school meals
- 46.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 153
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 29 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Shirebrook School (URN 112965, until 1 September 2010).
What the data says
Of the 157 pupils who finished Year 11 at Shirebrook Academy in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 61% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.0 in Derbyshire, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Derbyshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Shirebrook Academy | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 157 | 7,796 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 70% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 34% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 61% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Shirebrook Academy | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.5 | 45.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 39% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.47 | 3.92 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 43% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.6 | 34.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.2 | 49.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 12% | 4% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 153 | 100% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 61% |
| English Language | 153 | 100% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 54% |
| English Literature | 150 | 98% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 53% |
| History | 105 | 69% | 41% | 5% | 26% | 31% |
| Combined Science | 95 | 62% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 33% |
| Physics | 53 | 35% | 23% | 19% | 46% | 79% |
| Biology | 53 | 35% | 23% | 19% | 45% | 83% |
| Chemistry | 53 | 35% | 23% | 21% | 47% | 87% |
| Geography | 49 | 32% | 41% | 20% | 25% | 63% |
| Photography | 39 | 25% | 6% | 10% | 19% | 59% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 38 | 25% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 39% |
| Spanish | 36 | 24% | 19% | 22% | 27% | 67% |
| French | 24 | 16% | 18% | 21% | 29% | 79% |
| Music | 22 | 14% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| Art and Design | 21 | 14% | 7% | 29% | 24% | 62% |
| Physical Education | 20 | 13% | 11% | 35% | 24% | 95% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 12% | 13% | 11% | 30% | 16% |
| Religious Studies | 15 | 10% | 31% | 0% | 32% | 33% |
| Drama | 15 | 10% | 7% | 7% | 27% | 40% |
| Polish | 9 | 6% | 1% | 89% | 84% | 100% |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 36 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 23 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Derbyshire
Anthony Gell School
Academy converter · sixth form · 776 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,212 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.3
Brookfield Community School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,156 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.8
Buxton Community School
Academy converter · sixth form · 954 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
Community school · 941 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.