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Lees Brook Academy: data, trends and context

Lees Brook Academy is a secondary school in Derby. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
143934
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Derby
Region
East Midlands
Trust
ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST
Postcode
DE21 4QX
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,061
FSM eligible
41.0%
EAL / First language other than English
10.8%
SEND (total)
22.2%
SEN Support
17.2%
EHCP
5.1%
White British
79.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.8%
Overall absence
8.2%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Severe absence
3.4%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
DerbyLocal authority90.9%9.1%3.6%
East MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.2%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 24 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
27.2%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.1%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.36%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
41.5
English & maths grade 5+
32.5%
English & maths grade 4+
58.4%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Lees Brook Academy is a secondary school in Derby. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.