John Flamsteed Community School

Academy converter·Secondary school Ripley, Derbyshire·DE5 8NP
Composite score
66.6
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#590
National rank
#39
In East Midlands
#3
In Derbyshire
Top 18%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
53.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
61%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
79%
% EBacc grade 5+
18%
EBacc average points score
4.73

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
161 first choices, 162 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
351
any preference, for 162 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9420230.8720240.9420250.992026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put John Flamsteed Community School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
834
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
21.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,405
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
170 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
86%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

John Flamsteed Community School at a glance

Located in Ripley, Derbyshire, John Flamsteed Community School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 834 pupils aged 11 to 16. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 53.3, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 18% of secondary schools in England.

61% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 79% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. John Flamsteed Community School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 161 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. John Flamsteed Community School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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