Kingsmead School
Brighton Road, Derby, DE24 8TE
This school is closed (it closed in October 2025).
It was replaced by Kingsmead School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 7 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Michelle Hall
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Derby South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 129
- URN
- 135345
- Local authority
- Derby
About this school
Kingsmead School was a community special school in Derby. It taught children aged 7 to 18 and had 129 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Kingsmead School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2007, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 35 | 31 | 36 |
| Attainment 8 score | 10.3 | 9.2 | 7.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.97 -2.48 to -1.45 | -2.14 -2.65 to -1.62 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 14% | 0% | 2.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
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 Kingsmead 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 | Derby average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.3 | 37.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 9.2 | 37.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 7.4 | 38.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 37.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 36.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 115 |
| 2023/24 | 105 |
| 2024/25 | 129 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 77.52%
- English as an additional language
- 5.4%
- Overall absence
- 36.83%
- Persistent absence
- 76.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kingsmead School0.0 miles
Academies · Derby
-
Derby Pride Academy0.9 miles
Free Schools · Derby
-
St Martins School1.1 miles
Academies · Derby
-
Normanton House School1.8 miles
Independent schools · Derby
-
Castle School2.5 miles
Academies · Derby
Other schools in Derby
- Aurora Ryefields School Special schools
- Bridge Street School Academies
- Castle School Academies
- Derby Pride Academy Free Schools
- Include - St Matthews Special schools
- Ivy House School Academies
- Kingsmead School Academies
- Maple View School Special schools
- Royal School for the Deaf Derby Special schools
- St Andrew's Academy Academies
- St Clare's School Academies
- St Giles' Spencer Academy Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Kingsmead School teach?
- Kingsmead School taught children aged 7 to 18. It was a special school in Derby.
- Has Kingsmead School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Kingsmead School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Kingsmead School?
- Kingsmead School had 129 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 18.
- How have Kingsmead School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 10.3 in 2022/23 and 7.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Kingsmead School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingsmead 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 31 October 2025.