Chellaston 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 🔒
Chellaston Academy is a secondary school in Derby for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 September 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Chellaston 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
- In 2024/25, 50% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Derby.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 302 first-choice applications for 288 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 4th highest of 14 Derby secondary schools.
- In 2026, 271 Year 7 offers went to first-choice families and 31 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place; 141 of the 520 applications (27%) came from outside Derby.
- Of its pupils, 19.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 48.9% across 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
- Swarkestone Road, Derby, DE73 5UB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 1,790 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils hold positive views about attending this school now.”
- “They recognise that the school has improved dramatically.”
- “Pupils also know that the high expectations that staff have help them to achieve academically and personally.”
To improve
- “There are still a few areas of the curriculum where this is not the case, and as a result, pupils do not get the depth of understanding that is set out in the curriculum.”
- “On occasions, teachers present too much information at once.”
- “Some pupils have too much to think about and do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 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) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
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: 302 first-preference applications, 288 offers in total, 271 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.
- Noel-Baker Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Alvaston Moor Academy 1.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- City of Derby Academy 2.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- UTC Derby Pride Park 3.4 mi Good
- Derby Moor Spencer Academy 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Park School 4.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Littleover Community School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Derby Cathedral School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published