Secondary school

Heanor Gate Spencer Academy

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  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Derbyshire
  • DE75 7RA
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Outstanding · inspected Jun 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 999 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 31%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 53%53%2016/17: top 38%2017/18: top 25%25% · 2017/182018/19: top 34%2021/22: top 43%2022/23: top 27%2023/24: top 35%2024/25: top 31%No exams

A-level results

#83 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 849.6 · East Midlands 458/10 Above+10.7 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths50.5% · East Midlands 41.6%7/10 Above+17.6 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.55 · East Midlands 3.928/10 Above+9.5 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.14 · East Midlands −0.067/10 Above+21.3 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry34.03 · East Midlands 33.226/10 Middle+9.4 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 49.8 · 209 pupils · East Midlands 49.32016/17: 48.2 · 228 pupils · East Midlands 452017/18: 51.3 · 214 pupils · East Midlands 44.652018/19: 49 · 230 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 49.7 · 224 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 50.8 · 204 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 48.8 · 217 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 49.6 · 216 pupils · East Midlands 45.0551.348.2No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 38% · 228 pupils · East Midlands 39%2017/18: 47% · 214 pupils · East Midlands 39.5%2018/19: 44% · 230 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 46% · 224 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 48% · 204 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 46.5% · 217 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 50.5% · 216 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%50.5%38%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 30.42 · 72 pupils · East Midlands 28.712016/17: 29.63 · 74 pupils · East Midlands 28.822017/18: 34.59 · 76 pupils · East Midlands 29.892018/19: 32.19 · 113 pupils · East Midlands 30.462021/22: 36.54 · 96 pupils · East Midlands 36.542022/23: 33.48 · 95 pupils · East Midlands 32.222023/24: 36.11 · 83 pupils · East Midlands 31.622024/25: 34.03 · 93 pupils · East Midlands 33.2236.5429.63No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in99.6%
253 of 254 who put it first2014 · 94.4%2026 · 99.6%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st254253
2nd1325
3rd591

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2011Outstandingas predecessor
  3. 2013Inadequate
  4. 2014Requires improvement
  5. 2017Good
  6. 2022Remains Good
  7. 2023Outstanding

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 20261,493
Free school meals (past 6 years)32.6%
First language not English3.1%
SEN support6.7%
EHC plan3.4%
Absence (sessions missed)6.0%
Persistently absent pupils14.5%

Girls 50.3%Boys 49.7%

110% full · 1,357 places · 244 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.9
Pupils per adult11.5
  • Classroom teachers 76.5
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 31.6
  • Other support 42.3

Teachers 83.5 FTE · Whole workforce 157.3 · 179 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,571
Spend per pupil£7,191
Staff spend per pupil£5,593
Reserve per pupil£994
  • +£1,419,000revenue reserve
  • +£542,000in-year balance

Grants £7,289 · self-generated £301 · premises £324 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST (27 academies) · trust reserve £12,076,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

217 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained88.5%
  • Education79.7%
  • Apprenticeship5.1%
  • Employment3.7%
  • Not sustained8.3%
  • Unknown3.2%

After sixth form (16–18)

109 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained84.4%
  • Education39.4%
  • Higher education38.5%
  • Apprenticeship10.1%
  • Employment34.9%
  • Not sustained10.1%
  • Unknown5.5%