Allestree Woodlands School is a secondary school located in Derby. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 20/06/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.1%, which is 1.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Blenheim Drive, Derby, DE22 2LW
Website: http://woodlands.derby.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01332551921
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Derby
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Gemma Penny
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137911

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 20/06/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1300
Number of Pupils: 1345
Number of Boys: 637
Number of Girls: 708

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.36 Confidence interval -0.53 to -0.19
Of the 222 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 220 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:74%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:91%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:45%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.42
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Whitecross Nursery School
Watson Street , DE1 3PJ 		4out of 4 3,091 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Portway Junior School
Robincroft Road , Allestree DE22 2GL 		3out of 4 546 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Portway Infant School
Woodlands Road , Allestree DE22 2HE 		3out of 4 555 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Curzon CofE Primary School
Church Road , Quarndon DE22 5JA 		3out of 4 1,330 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Lawn Primary School
Norbury Close , Allestree DE22 2QR 		- not rated 1,484 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School
Darley Abbey Drive , Darley Abbey DE22 1EF 		3out of 4 1,762 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Allestree Woodlands School
Blenheim Drive , Allestree DE22 2LW 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Duffield Road , Darley Abbey DE22 1JD 		3out of 4 1,692 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Old Vicarage School
11 Church Lane , Darley Abbey DE22 1EW 		- not rated 1,740 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
University of Derby
Kedleston Road , DE22 1GB 		- not rated 1,969 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Newton's Walk
56 Cedar Street , DE22 1GE 		3out of 4 2,481 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Royal School for the Deaf Derby
Ashbourne Road , DE22 3BH 		3out of 4 3,076 yd Non-maintained special school Yes Mixed More About School
Emmanuel School (Derby) Limited
Juniper Lodge , 43 Kedleston Road DE22 1FP 		- not rated 3,111 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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