Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy

State school · Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formDerbyshire, Ilkeston DE7school website

Three in four Year 11 leavers stay in education, below the England rate; most to a further education college (51%).

Where this school leads
73%

of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Derbyshire 82% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 33%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 36%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 49%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 47%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 48%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 3%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 17%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 24%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 57%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
Good
Places
—
Pupils
984
Free school meals
48.0%

Ofsted: Full inspection, 25 June 2024 · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Derbyshire’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 820 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: The Ormiston Ilkeston Academy (URN 137253, until 15 August 2013); Bennerley Business and Enterprise College (URN 112946, until 1 September 2011).

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

73%stayed in education after Year 11
This school73%
Derbyshire82%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 187 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy has no sixth form. Of the 187 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 12% moved to a sixth form college, 51% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.

Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.

Full breakdown11
MeasureThis schoolDerbyshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1877,796607,348
Any sustained destination83%91%92%
Stayed in education73%82%86%
— school sixth form10%34%34%
— sixth form college12%5%13%
— further education college51%41%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship7%5%3%
Employment3%4%3%
No sustained destination11%6%6%
Destination unknown6%3%3%
GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

40.5Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school40.5
Derbyshire45.0
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 187 pupils in Year 11

40% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 34.0 — in line with disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

38% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Derbyshire 43%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureThis schoolDerbyshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)40.545.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%43%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects8%30%41%
EBacc average point score3.473.924.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort40%28%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.034.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils44.849.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language6%4%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

61.98%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Chemistry stands out at GCSE — 76% of the year group took it, against 23% across England.

Green & Sustainability57%
Natural Sciences49%
Health & Safety48%
Engineering & Manufacturing47%
Mathematics & Statistics36%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects16

Entries 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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics187100%88%16%22%70%
English Language187100%89%6%20%53%
English Literature18699%86%9%21%66%
Biology14276%23%8%45%49%
Chemistry14276%23%6%47%44%
Physics14276%23%7%46%43%
History9450%41%12%26%57%
Geography9048%41%17%25%53%
Combined Science4424%65%9%9%91%
Design and Technology4323%11%0%23%40%
Religious Studies2513%31%24%32%80%
Fine Art2111%9%19%28%62%
French147%18%21%29%93%
Music137%5%0%33%54%
Spanish11%19%—27%—
Russian11%0%—87%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications5
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management51——
Computer Appreciation / Introduction43——
Health Studies42——
Hospitality / Catering Studies41——
Sports Studies35——
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Green & Sustainability65%
Natural Sciences59%
Health & Safety57%
Engineering & Manufacturing51%
Language & Communication47%
Mathematics & Statistics43%
Transversal Skills36%
Arts & Humanities24%
Digital & ICT Skills16%
Social & Cultural Skills8%
Law & Public Administration8%
Business & Administration3%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 16.0ratio 11.5percentage 11.2gradient 9.3vocabulary 8.3reflection 8.2power 7.9particle model 7.8energy transfer 7.5translation 7.2root 7.0equation 7.0audience 7.0grammar 7.0standard form 7.0area 6.4scale 6.2formulae 6.0impact 6.0evidence 5.9change of state 5.8adaptation 5.7temperature 5.6percentage change 5.4

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, unit conversion, area from Biology, Chemistry, Design and Technology and 7 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pressure, conservation of mass, energy change from Chemistry, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 4 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, data interpretation, probability from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 3 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
More apprenticeships9
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data interpretation, climate change, conduct field work from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 3 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: battery test technician
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, measurement, data interpretation from Biology, Design and Technology, Geography and 4 more
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 3 more · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, presentation from English Language, Geography, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Aerospace engineerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses equilibrium, friction, kinematics from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 1 more · jobs: aerodynamics engineer, aerospace engineer, aircraft maintenance technician
Bulk storage terminal technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses density, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 2 more
Admissions

How do you get a place?

The last distance at which Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Derbyshire’s allocation statistics.

  1. 31 OctApply to Derbyshire in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
  2. 1 MarNational Offer Day
Derbyshire

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.