John Flamsteed Community School
Derby Road, Denby, Ripley, DE5 8NP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Frost-Briggs
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- East Midlands Education Trust
- Constituency
- Amber Valley
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 850
- URN
- 142710
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01332880260
About this school
John Flamsteed Community School is a secondary academy in Ripley. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 850 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 170 | 166 | 156 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.2 | 51.4 | 53.3 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.16 -0.05 to +0.38 | +0.34 +0.12 to +0.55 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 60.2% | 60.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 75.9% | 78.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 56% | 25.9% | 29.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
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 John Flamsteed Community 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 | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51.2 | 41.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 51.4 | 41.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 53.3 | 40.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 863 |
| 2023/24 | 836 |
| 2024/25 | 834 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How John Flamsteed Community School compares
John Flamsteed Community School ranked 3rd of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 84% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53.3 | 7% | 18.9% | 850 | — |
| Belper School and Sixth Form Centre | 44.3 | 8.1% | 21.6% | 1,212 | 1.4 miles |
| Heanor Gate Spencer Academy | 49.6 | 6% | 32.7% | 1,493 | 2.4 miles |
| The Ripley Academy | 44.5 | 7.7% | 34.6% | 920 | 2.4 miles |
| The Ecclesbourne School | 58.3 | 5.8% | 8.3% | 1,604 | 3.4 miles |
| Aldercar High School | 33.9 | 10.4% | 43% | 648 | 3.6 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)
- 18.94%
- English as an additional language
- 1.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.02%
- Persistent absence
- 17.48%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Belper School and Sixth Form Centre1.4 miles
Secondary · Belper
-
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Heanor
-
The Ripley Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Ripley
-
The Ecclesbourne School3.4 miles
Secondary · Belper
-
Aldercar High School3.6 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
Other schools in Ripley
- The Ripley Academy Secondary
- Ripley Nursery School Nursery
- Codnor Community Primary School Church of England Controlled Primary
- Denby Free CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Lons Infant School Primary
- Ripley Infant School Primary
- Ripley Junior School Primary
- Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Street Lane Primary School Primary
- Waingroves Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does John Flamsteed Community School teach?
- John Flamsteed Community School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Ripley.
- Who is the headteacher of John Flamsteed Community School?
- The headteacher of John Flamsteed Community School is Mrs Helen Frost-Briggs, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was John Flamsteed Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected John Flamsteed Community 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 big is John Flamsteed Community School?
- John Flamsteed Community School has 850 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is John Flamsteed Community School full?
- John Flamsteed Community School has capacity for 600 pupils and 850 on roll (142%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is John Flamsteed Community School a faith school?
- No. John Flamsteed Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is John Flamsteed Community School a selective school?
- No. John Flamsteed Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs John Flamsteed Community School?
- John Flamsteed Community School is part of EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have John Flamsteed Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 51.2 in 2022/23 and 53.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does John Flamsteed Community School rank locally?
- John Flamsteed Community School ranked 3rd of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 84% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is John Flamsteed Community School's absence rate?
- John Flamsteed Community School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are John Flamsteed Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, John Flamsteed Community 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 2 July 2026.