West Park 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 are good. The school inspection was carried out on 27/04/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: West Road, Derby, DE21 7BT
Website: http://www.westpark.derby.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01332662337
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Derby
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Scott McGregor
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136634

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 27/04/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1250
Number of Pupils: 1409
Number of Boys: 746
Number of Girls: 663

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.11 Confidence interval -0.05 to 0.27
Of the 249 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 243 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:54%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:42%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:50.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.39
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Springfield Primary School
Springfield Primary School, West Road DE21 7AB
199 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
- not ratedSt Werburgh's CofE Primary School
Church Street, Spondon DE21 7LL
356 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Cherry Tree Hill Primary School
Lime Grove, Chaddesden DE21 6WL
883 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Chaddesden Park Primary School
Carson Road, Chaddesden DE21 6JW
1,226 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
2out of 4Borrow Wood Primary School
Arundel Drive, Spondon DE21 7QW
1,280 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4West Park School
West Road, Spondon DE21 7BT
0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
2out of 4Lees Brook Community School
Morley Road, Chaddesden DE21 4QX
1,665 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4Derby Pride Academy
20 Orient Way, Pride Park DE24 8BY
3,060 yd Free schools alternative provision No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.