OFSTED
Latest ungraded inspection
11 May 2023
Latest published outcome
School remains Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Derbyshire
Trust
THE TWO COUNTIES TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
1,236
1,236 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
584
47.2% of pupils
Male pupils
652
52.8% of pupils
3.6 pts
above England
School
28.4%
Erewash
32.5%
East Midlands
25.0%
England
24.8%
13.0 pts
below England
School
7.3%
Erewash
5.9%
East Midlands
18.4%
England
20.3%
0.8 pts
below England
School
0.2%
Erewash
0.2%
East Midlands
0.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
White British
81.8%
1,011
Any other White background
3.4%
42
White and Black Caribbean
2.3%
29
Any other Asian background
1.3%
16
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
11.4%
141 of
1,236 pupils
9.4 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
7.9%
97 pupils
England
14.8%
6.9 pts
below
EHC plans
3.6%
44 pupils
England
6.0%
2.5 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder
45
Social, emotional & mental health
36
No specialist assessment yet
32
Other difficulty or disability
9
Moderate learning difficulty
6
Specific learning difficulty
4
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
7.13%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.92 pts
higher than
England
School
7.13%
Erewash
5.82%
East Midlands
5.90%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
17.54%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
1.72 pts
higher than
England
School
17.54%
Erewash
13.65%
East Midlands
14.53%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
3.67%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.87 pts
higher than
England
School
3.67%
Erewash
1.57%
East Midlands
1.72%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
secondary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
97.5%
5.2 pts
above England
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.