Swanwick Hall School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Alfreton, DE55 1AE
- Distance
- 3.2km away
The Ripley Academy
Peasehill, Ripley, DE5 3JQ
Local ranking28th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1116
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 4 February 2020. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 173
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 79.0%
- Higher education
- 34.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 18.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
28.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
47
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 95
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 900
- Boys
- 463 (50%)
- Girls
- 457 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1116 (82% full)
- SEND
- 14.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.6%
- EAL
- 2.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 11.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,525/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
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Other: 0.6%
92.1%
White British
1.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Peasehill
Ripley, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 141259
- UKPRN
- 10047141
- Establishment No.
- 5416
- Trust
- EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST
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