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Esteem Valley Academy
All-through · Mixed · Ages 5–16 · Alternative provision academy
Bennerley Avenue, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston DE7 8PF · esteemvalleyacademy.co.uk · 0115 850 0820
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2025
- Pupils
- 103
- 57% of 182 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Free school meals
- 69.9%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 22 | −4.2 |
| Other education | 2.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3 | — |
| Employment | 2.4 | −7.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 39 | +12.8 |
| Activity not captured | 26.8 | −11.3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Esteem Valley Academy on 8 July 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Jul 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jun 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 131632), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131632)
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131632)
Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131632)
Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131632)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 15
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied