Allestree Woodlands School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,373 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.5
Academy converter
Lees Brook Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,061of 1,147 places
- Free school meals
- 39.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 209
- Ofsted
- Good, 19 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Lees Brook Community School (URN 137420, until 1 January 2017).
What the data says
Of the 204 pupils who finished Year 11 at Lees Brook Academy in 2023, 6% stayed on in Lees Brook Academy’s own sixth form (Derby average 28%), 55% went to a further education college and 14% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 14% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Among the 53 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 0% went to university (Derby 28%, England 37%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
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 Derby and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Lees Brook Academy | Derby | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 204 | 3,329 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 87% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 69% | 80% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 6% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 55% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 14% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 5% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lees Brook Academy | Derby | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.5 | 42.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 17% | 35% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.43 | 3.72 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 32% | 36% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.3 | 32.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.8 | 47.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 10% | 23% | 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 | 207 | 99% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 62% |
| English Language | 207 | 99% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 60% |
| English Literature | 207 | 99% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 70% |
| Religious Studies | 175 | 84% | 31% | 7% | 32% | 34% |
| Combined Science | 154 | 74% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 51% |
| Geography | 121 | 58% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 50% |
| History | 56 | 27% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 50% |
| Biology | 52 | 25% | 23% | 13% | 45% | 98% |
| Physics | 51 | 24% | 23% | 16% | 46% | 98% |
| Chemistry | 51 | 24% | 23% | 20% | 47% | 100% |
| Photography | 49 | 23% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 98% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 42 | 20% | 8% | 2% | 21% | 57% |
| Fine Art | 33 | 16% | 9% | 18% | 28% | 58% |
| Computer Science | 30 | 14% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 53% |
| German | 28 | 13% | 5% | 7% | 33% | 68% |
| Film Studies | 26 | 12% | 1% | 0% | 20% | 65% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 10% | 11% | 5% | 23% | 60% |
| Physical Education | 16 | 8% | 11% | 6% | 24% | 56% |
| French | 12 | 6% | 18% | 25% | 29% | 67% |
| Music | 10 | 5% | 5% | 20% | 33% | 40% |
| Russian | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 0% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 42 | — | — |
| Interactive Video | 29 | — | — |
| Graphic Design | 20 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 17 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 12 | — | — |
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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.