Kirk Hallam Community Academy
Godfrey Drive, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, DE7 4HH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- NOVA EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Turner
- Sponsor
- Nova Education Trust
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,202
- Pupils on roll
- 709
- URN
- 146374
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159301522
About this school
Kirk Hallam Community Academy is a secondary academy in Ilkeston. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 709 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Kirk Hallam Community Academy, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 132 | 159 | 138 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.7 | 35.9 | 38.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.67 -0.91 to -0.43 | -0.84 -1.06 to -0.62 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 22.6% | 27.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 49.7% | 52.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 38% | 3.8% | 5.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
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 Kirk Hallam Community Academy 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 | 38.7 | 41.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35.9 | 41.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.7 | 40.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 871 |
| 2023/24 | 814 |
| 2024/25 | 752 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kirk Hallam Community Academy compares
Kirk Hallam Community Academy ranked 42nd of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.7 | 11.1% | 45.4% | 709 | — |
| Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy | 48.1 | 9.4% | 25.4% | 625 | 0.3 miles |
| Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy | 40.5 | 8.9% | 46.5% | 984 | 0.6 miles |
| Friesland School | 44.1 | 9.3% | 30.1% | 1,120 | 3.0 miles |
| Bramcote College | 51.3 | 6.8% | 25.9% | 816 | 3.4 miles |
| Nottingham University Samworth Academy | 40.5 | 13.4% | 53.7% | 841 | 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)
- 45.36%
- English as an additional language
- 1.7%
- Overall absence
- 11.08%
- Persistent absence
- 30.97%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Secondary · Ilkeston
-
Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Ilkeston
-
Friesland School3.0 miles
Secondary · Sandiacre
-
Bramcote College3.4 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
-
Nottingham University Samworth Academy3.6 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
Other schools in Ilkeston
- Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy Secondary
- Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Charlotte Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Chaucer Infant School Primary
- Chaucer Junior School Primary
- Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Cotmanhay Junior School Primary
- Dallimore Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Field House Infant School Primary
- Granby Junior School Primary
- Hallam Fields Junior School Primary
- Horsley Woodhouse Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Kirk Hallam Community Academy teach?
- Kirk Hallam Community Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Ilkeston.
- Who is the headteacher of Kirk Hallam Community Academy?
- The headteacher of Kirk Hallam Community Academy is Mr Chris Turner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Kirk Hallam Community Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kirk Hallam Community Academy, 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 Kirk Hallam Community Academy?
- Kirk Hallam Community Academy has 709 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Kirk Hallam Community Academy full?
- Kirk Hallam Community Academy has capacity for 1,202 pupils and 709 on roll (59%), so it has space against 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 Kirk Hallam Community Academy a faith school?
- No. Kirk Hallam Community Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Kirk Hallam Community Academy part of an academy trust?
- Kirk Hallam Community Academy is part of NOVA EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Kirk Hallam Community Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.7 in 2022/23 and 38.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kirk Hallam Community Academy compare with other schools in Derbyshire?
- Kirk Hallam Community Academy ranked 42nd of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kirk Hallam Community Academy's absence rate?
- Kirk Hallam Community Academy's overall absence rate is 11.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kirk Hallam Community Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kirk Hallam Community Academy'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 10 July 2026.