Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ilkeston, DE7 4HX
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Kirk Hallam Community Academy
Godfrey Drive, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, DE7 4HH
Local ranking44th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1202
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 22 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 22 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 129
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
24.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
22.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
48
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 3.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 95
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 752
- Boys
- 375 (53%)
- Girls
- 334 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1202 (59% full)
- SEND
- 22.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.4%
- EAL
- 1.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 20.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,806/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
- 11.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.0% 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
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 98.0%
- White Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.1%
- Asian Indian: 0.1%
98.0%
White British
0.9%
White Other
0.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Godfrey Drive
Ilkeston, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 146374
- UKPRN
- 10081062
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- NOVA EDUCATION TRUST
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