Lees Brook Academy, Derby

In 2026, pupils at Lees Brook Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.7 in Derby and 47 across England.

35% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 37% in Derby and 47% in England.

That is up from 41.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.24: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.6, against 47.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 166 families put Lees Brook Academy as their first choice and 326 named it as one of their preferences, for 195 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lees Brook Academy are West Park School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.3); Da Vinci Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35); UTC Derby Pride Park (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.5); and Landau Forte College (2.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.6).

Lees Brook Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Lees Brook Academy is one of 13 schools run by Archway Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42 in 2024/25.

Of the 207 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 55% to a further education college, 9% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 30 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 0% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 30% into work.

41% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Lees Brook Academy has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties: 20 places, 20 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Spondon Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Morley Gardens (adjacent), 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 162 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Derby (267).

In 2024/25, Lees Brook Academy issued 299 suspensions, 27.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Lees Brook Academy are Cavendish Close Junior Academy (0.2 miles), Cavendish Close Infant School (0.3 miles), Chaddesden Park Primary School (0.4 miles) and St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.