SCHOOL PROFILE

Kirk Hallam Community Academy: data, trends and context

Kirk Hallam Community Academy is a secondary school in Derbyshire. 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
146374
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Trust
NOVA EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
DE7 4HH
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
709
FSM eligible
45.1%
EAL / First language other than English
1.4%
SEND (total)
27.8%
SEN Support
22.7%
EHCP
5.1%
White British
90.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
88.9%
Overall absence
11.1%
Persistent absence
31.0%
Severe absence
6.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
DerbyshireLocal authority91.4%8.6%3.1%
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
29.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
9.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
38.7
English & maths grade 5+
27.5%
English & maths grade 4+
52.9%

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