Lees Brook Community School, Derby

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2021.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2021. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

Lees Brook Community School

Morley Road, Chaddesden, Derby DE21 4QX

https://www.leesbrook.co.uk/

Lees Brook Community School is a non-selective academy. It has about 1,120 boys and girls aged between 11 and 18. In November 2019 the school was rated ‘Requires Improvement’ by Ofsted. The present school opened in 2017.

This school is a member of Archway Learning Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Alvaston Moor Academy, The Long Eaton School, Bluecoat Beechdale Academy, Bluecoat Wollaton Academy and Bluecoat Aspley Academy.)

Particular strengths include Environment, Disadvantaged pupils and Admissions. Relative weaknesses include Finances and Progress.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
1.0		West Park School
1.1		Da Vinci Academy
2.0		UTC Derby Pride Park
2.1		Landau Forte College
2.7		Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
2.9		Derby Cathedral School
3.2		Alvaston Moor Academy
3.4		The Bemrose School
3.4		Allestree Woodlands School
3.7		Noel-Baker Academy
4.5		Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy
4.5		The Ecclesbourne School

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Environment: Above average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are quite low, while crime is very low.

Disadvantaged pupils: Above average. Progress up to age 16 is below average. Destinations at 16 are above average. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Admissions: About average. The occupancy rate and offer rate are both quite high. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Attainment: About average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Attendance: Below average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite high.

Progress: Below average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Destinations: Below average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is quite low.

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Finances: Poor. However, the school budget has been roughly in balance

Sixth form: There is no sixth form information for this school.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2019

No A-level data

Provision for special educational needs

Autistic spectrum disorder	Hearing impairment
Moderate learning difficulty	Multi-sensory impairment
Physical disability	Profound and multiple learning difficulty
Severe learning difficulty	Social, emotional and mental health
Specific learning difficulty	Speech, language and communication
Visual impairment

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