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Lady Manners School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Foundation school

Shutts Lane, Bakewell DE45 1JA · ladymanners.derbyshire.sch.uk · 01629 812671

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2020
GCSEs, 2024/25
52.2
average Attainment 8 score. Derbyshire 45, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,405
98% of 1,437 places
Local authority
Derbyshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
19%
First language not English
1.6%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 211 families put the school first and 221 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 315 (Places 238)315September 2023: 256 (Places 239)256September 2024: 219 (Places 221)219September 2025: 230 (Places 234)230September 2026: 211 (Places 221)211Places 221
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262212111100%
September 2025Sept 2025234230199%
September 2024Sept 20242212191100%
September 2023Sept 20232392561.1▲91%
September 2022Sept 20222383151.3▲75%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.2, and 55.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Derbyshire it was 45, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (36.5 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 50.7 (England 46.3)50.72017/18: 54.5 (England 46.5)54.52018/19: 53.9 (England 46.7)53.92021/22: 54.9 (England 48.8)54.92022/23: 50.2 (England 46.3)50.22023/24: 55.3 (England 45.9)55.32024/25: 52.2 (England 46.0)52.2England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲52.246.0
▲55.2%45.4%
▲78.7%64.8%
▲70.0%40.5%
▲4.804.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form55.4−5.6
Sixth form college0.9+0.4
Further education27.3−0.5
Other education0.4−0.1
Apprenticeship6.5+4.1
Employment3.5+0.1
Not in a lasting destination1.7−1.7
Activity not captured4.3+3.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 32.9 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 33.0 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 36.2 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 34.2 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 39.0 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 38.5 (England 34.2)B2023/24: 33.7 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 36.5 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
100 studentsB- (36.5)Above average +0.32
100 studentsB- (36.5)Above average +0.31
34 studentsDist+ (39.4)Above average +0.49
10 studentsDist (33.5)Average -0.18
27.4%AAB or better
98.8%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24118C+ (33.7)+0.01
2022/23126B (38.5)—
2021/22118B (39)—
2018/19126C+ (34.2)+0.15
2017/18143B- (36.2)+0.30
2016/17157C+ (33)+0.02
2015/16163C+ (32.9)-0.02

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University54.4−8.9
Further education3.2+1.5
Apprenticeship4−1
Employment25.6+7.3
Not in a lasting destination8.8+0.5
Activity not captured4+0.7

Ofsted

Lady Manners School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 March 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Feb 2025 found: Standards maintained.

Outcome
Standards maintained
Inspected
11 Feb 2025
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2020Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • May 2018Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Feb 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (237 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
81%
Replies
237
17% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼85% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●90% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●85% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●85% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼82% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼72% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼81% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●90% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development●80% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼72% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲57% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 37% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼55% agreeEngland 67%

based on 57 parents (24%) with SEND

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