The Pingle Academy
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D47
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Swadlincote, DE11 0QA
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Mercia Academy
Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TL
Local ranking39th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 1 July 2025. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from William Allitt School (URN 112938) since 31 August 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 July 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 130
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 579
- Boys
- 302 (51%)
- Girls
- 290 (49%)
- Capacity
- 750 (79% full)
- SEND
- 23.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 44.6%
- EAL
- 3.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 20.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,053/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
- 13.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 36.3% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.4%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Black African: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.3%
89.4%
White British
2.6%
White Other
2.1%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sunnyside
Swadlincote, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 149380
- UKPRN
- 10091218
- Establishment No.
- 4015
- Trust
- LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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