Kirk Hallam Community Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F39
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ilkeston, DE7 4HH
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Abbot Road, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, DE7 4HX
Local ranking14th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
606
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 24 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 133
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 678
- Boys
- 301 (48%)
- Girls
- 324 (52%)
- Capacity
- 606 (103% full)
- SEND
- 17.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.4%
- EAL
- 7.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 13.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,555/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
- 9.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 81.7%
- White Other: 6.1%
- Black African: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Asian Other: 1.2%
- Asian Chinese: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
81.7%
White British
6.1%
White Other
3.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Abbot Road
Ilkeston, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137908
- UKPRN
- 10036750
- Establishment No.
- 5415
- Trust
- ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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