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John Flamsteed Community School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formDerbyshire, East Midlands · Ripley DE5 8NPTrust: East Midlands Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
850of 600 places
Free school meals
21.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
156
Ofsted
Inspected, 14 January 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: John Flamsteed Community School (URN 112948, until 1 April 2016).

What the data says

John Flamsteed Community School has no sixth form. Of the 170 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 12% moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.

Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 53.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.0 in Derbyshire, with 61% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, John Flamsteed Community School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.

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.

This school
Derbyshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolDerbyshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1707,796607,348
Any sustained destination92%91%92%
Stayed in education86%82%86%
— school sixth form30%34%34%
— sixth form college12%5%13%
— further education college44%41%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship4%5%3%
Employment2%4%3%
No sustained destination5%6%6%
Destination unknown2%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolDerbyshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)53.345.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths61%43%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths79%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects30%30%41%
EBacc average point score4.733.924.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort15%28%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils39.934.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils55.749.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language2%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics156100%88%31%22%83%
English Language15599%89%17%20%79%
English Literature15398%86%22%21%85%
Combined Science12278%65%16%9%78%
Geography9561%41%26%25%67%
History7045%41%31%26%81%
Business Studies5535%18%13%20%64%
Design and Technology5133%11%10%23%45%
Food Preparation and Nutrition4529%8%44%21%84%
Computer Science4428%13%20%30%66%
Fine Art4026%9%18%28%78%
French3522%18%23%29%89%
Biology3422%23%68%45%94%
Chemistry3321%23%79%47%100%
Physics3321%23%70%46%100%
Physical Education2617%11%27%24%88%
Drama138%7%15%27%62%
German117%5%45%33%91%
Music21%5%33%
Polish11%1%84%
Spanish11%19%27%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies34
Health Studies29

Other secondary schools in Derbyshire

Aldercar High School

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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.9

Anthony Gell School

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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8

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.