Swanwick Hall School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Alfreton, DE55 1AE
- Distance
- 2.5km away
David Nieper Academy
Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA
Local ranking35th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
850
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 27 September 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 141
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 74.0%
- Higher education
- 40.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 34.0%
- Not sustained
- 26.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
22.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
24.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
30
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 87
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 810
- Boys
- 417 (51%)
- Girls
- 393 (49%)
- Capacity
- 850 (95% full)
- SEND
- 23.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 48.1%
- EAL
- 4.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.4%
- SEN Support
- 17.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,062/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
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.1%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
90.1%
White British
2.1%
White Other
1.0%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Grange Street
Alfreton, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 142405
- UKPRN
- 10054162
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- CHRISTOPHER NIEPER EDUCATION TRUST
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