Aldercar High School
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D42
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Nottingham, NG16 4HL
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Kirkley Drive, Heanor, DE75 7RA
Local ranking3rd of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1357
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 27 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 196
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 46.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 18.0%
- Employment
- 29.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
93
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 11.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 244
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1423
- Boys
- 752 (50%)
- Girls
- 741 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1357 (110% full)
- SEND
- 10.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.6%
- EAL
- 3.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 6.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,191/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
- 6.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.3%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Asian Chinese: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.6%
92.3%
White British
2.8%
White Other
1.1%
Asian Chinese
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Kirkley Drive
Heanor, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137606
- UKPRN
- 10035672
- Establishment No.
- 5408
- Trust
- THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST
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