Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Belper, DE56 0DA
- Distance
- 2.2km away
John Flamsteed Community School
Derby Road, Denby, Ripley, DE5 8NP
Local ranking4th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 14 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 14 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 173
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 834
- Boys
- 423 (50%)
- Girls
- 427 (50%)
- Capacity
- 600 (142% full)
- SEND
- 13.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.9%
- EAL
- 1.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 10.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,405/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
- 7.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 94.3%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.1%
94.3%
White British
1.9%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 142710
- UKPRN
- 10056070
- Establishment No.
- 4172
- Trust
- EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST
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