Lees Brook Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Derby
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Derby City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lees Brook Academy is a secondary school in Derby for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 September 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Lees Brook Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had 166 first-choice applications for 195 offers; 165 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- Derby City Council published no last distance for Year 7 2026, and 30 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 33% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Derby.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Derby schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Morley Road, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 4QX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 1,061 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 September 2023
Strengths
- “Lees Brook Academy is a caring and inclusive school.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils.”
- “They said that behaviour has improved.”
To improve
- “However, some staff do not always ensure that all pupils work well in lessons.”
- “They said that bullying happens occasionally.”
- “This is not yet reflected in the published results for all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.5 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 166 first-preference applications, 195 offers in total, 165 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derby.
- West Park School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Da Vinci Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- UTC Derby Pride Park 2.0 mi Good
- Landau Forte College 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Derby Cathedral School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Alvaston Moor Academy 3.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Allestree Woodlands School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published