SCHOOL PROFILE

Aldercar High School: data, trends and context

Aldercar High School 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
149364
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Trust
EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
NG16 4HL
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
648
FSM eligible
42.6%
EAL / First language other than English
4.9%
SEND (total)
24.8%
SEN Support
14.7%
EHCP
10.2%
White British
90.0%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
89.6%
Overall absence
10.4%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Severe absence
6.8%

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
33.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
10.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.58%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
33.9
English & maths grade 5+
22.2%
English & maths grade 4+
44.4%

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

See Aldercar High School against 25 similar schools

Explore in School DNA

Aldercar High School 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.