Ryecroft CofE Middle School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Rocester, ST14 5PB
- Distance
- 10.4km away
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
The Green Road, Ashbourne, DE6 1EP
Local ranking20th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1420
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 24 January 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 194
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 57.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
37.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
87
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 36.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 239
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1298
- Boys
- 623 (49%)
- Girls
- 653 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1420 (90% full)
- SEND
- 19.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.7%
- EAL
- 3.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 17.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,062/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Christian
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.4%
- White Other: 4.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
89.4%
White British
4.9%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
The Green Road
Ashbourne, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 136972
- UKPRN
- 10034784
- Establishment No.
- 4500
- Trust
- TAPESTRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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