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John Port Spencer Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Main Street, Etwall, Derby DE65 6LU · johnportspencer.org.uk · 01283 734111

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected May 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
51.4
average Attainment 8 score. Derbyshire 45, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
2,034
98% of 2,070 places
Local authority
Derbyshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
18.9%
First language not English
5.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Spencer Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 381 families put the school first and 384 places were offered; 97% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 301 (Places 328)301September 2023: 328 (Places 364)328September 2024: 312 (Places 338)312September 2025: 314 (Places 335)314September 2026: 381 (Places 384)381Places 384
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026384381197%
September 2025Sept 20253353140.9100%
September 2024Sept 20243383120.9100%
September 2023Sept 20233643280.9100%
September 2022Sept 20223283010.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.4, and 54.7% 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- (35.1 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: 46.0 (England 46.3)46.02018/19: 51.7 (England 46.7)51.72021/22: 53.0 (England 48.8)53.02022/23: 53.0 (England 46.3)53.02023/24: 50.0 (England 45.9)50.02024/25: 51.4 (England 46.0)51.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲51.446.0
▲54.7%45.4%
▲79.1%64.8%
▼18.4%40.5%
▲4.394.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 136591)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form47.7+3.9
Further education37.2−0.5
Other education0.3−1.2
Apprenticeship6.7−1.5
Employment3−1
Not in a lasting destination4.4+0.4
Activity not captured0.7−0.2

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: 28.5 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.5 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 32.3 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 35.1 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 38.0 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 36.6 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 34.3 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 35.1 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
158 studentsB- (35.1)Average -0.09
161 studentsB- (36.8)Average +0.08
38 studentsDist (34.6)Above average +0.52
13 studentsDist+ (39.8)Average -0.09
21.5%AAB or better
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24131C+ (34.3)+0.04
2022/23155B- (36.6)—
2021/22149B- (38)—
2018/19100B- (35.1)+0.07
2017/18120C+ (32.3)+0.06
2016/17146C (31.5)+0.08
2015/16153C (28.5)-0.26

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University53.6−4.8
Further education1.4+0.2
Apprenticeship8.6−3.8
Employment20−1.7
Not in a lasting destination12.1+7.8
Activity not captured4.3+2.4

Ofsted

John Port Spencer Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 May 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
17 May 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jun 2017

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 136591), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2017Inadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    SafeguardingNot effective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136591)

What parents said

76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (518 replies, to 2 April 2023).

Recommend
76%
Replies
518
26% · 2 Apr 2023
Child is happy at school▼79% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼83% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼70% agreeEngland 83%
School has high expectations▼70% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼78% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼55% agreeEngland 80%
Told how child is doing▼79% agreeEngland 83%
Good range of subjects●90% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼76% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼56% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼70% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲51% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 43% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼51% agreeEngland 67%

based on 114 parents (22%) with SEND

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