Secondary school

Littleover Community School

  • Community School
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Derby
  • DE23 4BZ
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Oct 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 654 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 20%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 19%19%2016/17: top 14%14% · 2016/172017/18: top 16%2018/19: top 20%2021/22: top 16%2022/23: top 15%2023/24: top 18%2024/25: top 20%No exams

A-level results

#26 of 190 East Midlands sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against East Midlands

Attainment 852.7 · East Midlands 459/10 Top 20%
Grade 5+ English and maths58.4% · East Midlands 41.6%9/10 Top 20%
EBacc point score4.92 · East Midlands 3.929/10 Top 20%
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.46 · East Midlands −0.069/10 Top 20%+34.2 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry39.12 · East Midlands 33.2210/10 Top 10%+18.8 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 55.5 · 259 pupils · East Midlands 49.32016/17: 54 · 279 pupils · East Midlands 452017/18: 54.1 · 286 pupils · East Midlands 44.652018/19: 52.9 · 294 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 56.8 · 293 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 55.3 · 294 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 53.8 · 291 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 52.7 · 291 pupils · East Midlands 45.0556.852.7No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 61% · 279 pupils · East Midlands 39%2017/18: 61% · 286 pupils · East Midlands 39.5%2018/19: 61% · 294 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 62% · 293 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 61% · 294 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 61.5% · 291 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 58.4% · 291 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%62%58.4%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 34.45 · 160 pupils · East Midlands 28.712016/17: 31.78 · 173 pupils · East Midlands 28.822017/18: 30.89 · 176 pupils · East Midlands 29.892018/19: 36.14 · 188 pupils · East Midlands 30.462021/22: 38.72 · 170 pupils · East Midlands 36.542022/23: 38.01 · 177 pupils · East Midlands 32.222023/24: 37.58 · 176 pupils · East Midlands 31.622024/25: 39.12 · 167 pupils · East Midlands 33.2239.1230.89No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in71.0%
264 of 372 who put it first2014 · 72.7%2026 · 71.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st372264
2nd39117
3rd1917

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Outstanding
  2. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,828
Free school meals (past 6 years)18.2%
First language not English9.3%
SEN support7.6%
EHC plan2.3%
Absence (sessions missed)5.8%
Persistently absent pupils13.8%

Girls 51.7%Boys 48.3%

101.5% full · 1,801 places · 358 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.5
Pupils per adult13.5
  • Classroom teachers 82.2
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 29.6
  • Other support 57.2

Teachers 89.2 FTE · Whole workforce 176 · 222 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,314
Spend per pupil£7,244
Staff spend per pupil£5,563
Reserve per pupil£679
  • +£1,240,855revenue reserve
  • +£127,381in-year balance

Grants £6,966 · self-generated £387 · premises £442 per pupil

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

291 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained93.8%
  • Education87.6%
  • Apprenticeship4.5%
  • Employment1.7%
  • Not sustained4.8%
  • Unknown1.4%

After sixth form (16–18)

177 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained93.8%
  • Education65.5%
  • Higher education63.8%
  • Apprenticeship10.2%
  • Employment18.1%
  • Not sustained3.4%
  • Unknown2.8%