Joshua Mangas

Alvaston Moor Academy

  • Secondary
  • Academy sponsor led
  • Ages 11 to 19

URN 148538 · Derby · ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST

In Derby

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

21 November 2023

Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement

Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

First full inspection as an academy

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Earlier graded inspection

9 April 2019

Overall effectiveness
Inadequate

Ofsted category: Special measures.

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Derby and England, secondary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

16.3%

Derby
8.4%
England
8.4%

7.9 percentage points higher than England.

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Overall absence
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2017/18Not published5.8%5.5%
2018/19Not published5.4%5.5%
2020/2111.3%5.3%5.5%
2021/2214.7%8.8%9.0%
2022/2317.1%9.0%9.0%
2023/2415.9%8.8%8.9%
2024/2516.3%8.4%8.4%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

42.9%

Derby
23.8%
England
23.4%

19.5 percentage points higher than England.

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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2017/18Not published15.5%13.9%
2018/19Not published14.8%13.7%
2020/2134.7%15.1%14.8%
2021/2246.8%27.5%27.7%
2022/2351.6%27.4%26.5%
2023/2446.4%26.5%25.6%
2024/2542.9%23.8%23.4%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

11.8%

Derby
3.5%
England
3.9%

7.9 percentage points higher than England.

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Severe absence
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2017/18Not published1.1%1.2%
2018/19Not published0.9%1.3%
2020/214.6%1.3%1.5%
2021/2210.9%2.7%2.7%
2022/2313.4%3.2%3.4%
2023/2410.6%3.1%3.8%
2024/2511.8%3.5%3.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Derby and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

50.12

Derby
18.80
England
21.24

28.88 higher than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2017/18Not published10.6510.13
2018/19Not published14.7510.75
2019/20Not published8.937.43
2020/21Not published6.828.48
2021/22127.1015.0313.96
2022/23223.0823.4318.90
2023/24186.2525.2722.61
2024/2550.1218.8021.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.46

Derby
0.18
England
0.23

0.23 higher than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2017/18Not published0.310.20
2018/19Not published0.340.20
2019/20Not published0.090.13
2020/21Not published0.020.10
2021/221.050.080.16
2022/230.920.090.22
2023/240.570.120.25
2024/250.460.180.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 4 results

Against Derby and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

33.6

Derby
43.8
England
47.4

13.8 lower than England.

31.439.948.52021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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Attainment 8
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2021/22Not published46.449.8
2022/23Not published43.847.2
2023/2430.143.346.9
2024/2532.443.847.1
2025/26 (provisional)33.643.847.4

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

44%

Derby
60%
England
66%

22 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 4 or above
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2021/22Not published63%70%
2022/23Not published60%67%
2023/2432%60%67%
2024/2538%61%66%
2025/26 (provisional)44%60%66%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

27%

Derby
39%
England
48%

21 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 5 or above
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2021/22Not published43%51%
2022/23Not published40%46%
2023/2420%41%47%
2024/2523%40%47%
2025/26 (provisional)27%39%48%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Pupils

Against Derby and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

62.4%

Derby
32.8%
England
25.8%

36.6 percentage points higher than England.

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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2021/2256.5%24.8%20.9%
2022/2357.4%27.3%22.7%
2023/2458.0%29.7%24.1%
2024/2562.4%32.8%25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

19.1%

Derby
13.1%
England
13.4%

5.7 percentage points higher than England.

12.919.325.62021/222022/232023/242024/25
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SEN support
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2021/2226.6%12.3%11.9%
2022/2315.3%12.3%12.4%
2023/2416.7%12.3%12.9%
2024/2519.1%13.1%13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

1.7%

Derby
3.2%
England
3.1%

1.4 percentage points lower than England.

1.22.23.12021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2021/221.4%2.7%2.2%
2022/231.3%2.8%2.4%
2023/241.1%2.9%2.7%
2024/251.7%3.2%3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

36.1%

Derby
22.4%
England
19.2%

16.9 percentage points higher than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2021/2232.9%20.8%17.5%
2022/2336.5%20.7%18.1%
2023/2435.2%22.2%18.6%
2024/2536.1%22.4%19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Derby and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

17.8

Derby
17.3
England
17.3

0.5 higher than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2017/18Not published17.416.5
2018/19Not published17.116.8
2019/20Not published17.317.2
2020/21Not published17.517.1
2021/2213.516.917.1
2022/2317.917.417.2
2023/2426.217.917.4
2024/2518.617.217.3
2025/2617.817.317.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

5.9 days

Derby
5.8 days
England
5.0 days

0.9 days higher than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

4.25.87.42017/182024/25
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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolDerbyEngland
2017/18Not published5.4 days4.0 days
2018/19Not published5.0 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/21Not published4.8 days3.9 days
2021/227.1 days7.1 days6.3 days
2022/237.3 days5.6 days5.2 days
2023/247.7 days6.3 days5.3 days
2024/255.9 days5.8 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
851
Capacity
1,200
Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 19
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Trust
ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST
Opened
1 February 2021
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Derby South
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 5 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Brackens Lane, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 0AN

Website: www.alvastonmoor.co.uk/

Telephone: 01332576777

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