The Pingle Academy is a secondary school located in Swadlincote. 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 04/03/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6%, which is 2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Coronation Street, Swadlincote, DE11 0QA
Website: http://www.pingleacademy.com
Telephone: 01283216837
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Derbyshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Steven Hall
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 144069

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 04/03/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1376
Number of Pupils: 1366
Number of Boys: 694
Number of Girls: 672

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.11 Confidence interval -0.1 to 0.31
Of the 159 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 154 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:12%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:48%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:43.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.64
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Edward's Catholic Academy
Newhall Road , DE11 0BD 		1out of 4 438 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School
Queen's Drive , DE11 0EG 		- not rated 661 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Springfield Junior School
Springfield Road , DE11 0BU 		1out of 4 669 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Belmont Primary School
Belmont Street , Swadlincote DE11 8JZ 		3out of 4 999 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School
Fairfield Crescent , Newhall DE11 0SW 		2out of 4 1,004 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Pingle Academy
Coronation Street , DE11 0QA 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
William Allitt School
Sunnyside , Newhall DE11 0TL 		2out of 4 1,432 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Granville Academy
Burton Road , Woodville DE11 7JR 		2out of 4 2,115 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
South Derbyshire Support Centre
Memorial Hall , Main Street DE11 0TW 		3out of 4 1,352 yd Academy alternative provision converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Linnet Independent Learning Centre
107 Mount Pleasant Road , DE11 9JE 		- not rated 3,205 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

↑