The Derby High School
Radcliffe Road, Redvales, Lancs, BL9 9NH
This school is closed (it closed in June 2026).
It was replaced by The Derby High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Helen Hubert
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Bury North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 928
- URN
- 105355
- Local authority
- Bury
- Website
- School website
About this school
The Derby High School was a community secondary school in Lancs. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 928 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 7 June 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 171 | 179 | 182 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.4 | 45.7 | 45.9 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.40 +0.19 to +0.62 | +0.35 +0.13 to +0.56 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 44.7% | 39.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 59.2% | 62.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 46% | 25.7% | 31.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Derby High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bury average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.4 | 40.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.7 | 38.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.9 | 37.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 932 |
| 2023/24 | 953 |
| 2024/25 | 951 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Derby High School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.9 | 9.1% | 36.5% | 928 | — |
| The Derby High School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Bury Church of England High School | 49.1 | 8.4% | 22% | 802 | 0.3 miles |
| St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy | 46 | 8.5% | 24.7% | 1,027 | 0.4 miles |
| Star Radcliffe Academy | — | 7% | 45.6% | 286 | 1.4 miles |
| The Elton High School | 44.3 | 7.9% | 22.2% | 1,017 | 1.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.49%
- English as an additional language
- 36%
- Overall absence
- 9.05%
- Persistent absence
- 26.71%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Derby High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Lancs
-
Bury Church of England High School0.3 miles
Secondary · Bury
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St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Bury
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Star Radcliffe Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Radcliffe
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The Elton High School1.5 miles
Secondary · Bury
Other schools in Lancs
- The Derby High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does The Derby High School teach?
- The Derby High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Lancs.
- Has The Derby High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Derby High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at The Derby High School?
- The Derby High School had 928 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have The Derby High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.4 in 2022/23 and 45.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are The Derby High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Derby High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.