Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Derby

In 2026, pupils at Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.7 in Derby and 47 across England.

44% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 37% in Derby and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.31: pupils made above 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 39.2, against 52.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 202 families put Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy as their first choice and 522 named it as one of their preferences, for 242 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 20 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy are Allestree Woodlands School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 46.3); Landau Forte College (1.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.6); Derby Cathedral School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.7); and Da Vinci Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35).

Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy is one of 25 schools run by St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.8 in 2024/25.

Of the 243 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 72 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 22% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

40.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (32%), Black (24%) and Asian (21%).

In 2026, 264 pupils (18%) received SEN support and 38 (2.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary 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, physical disability and moderate learning difficulties: 24 places, 10 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Derby Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Slack Lane (adjacent), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 137 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Derby (267).

In 2024/25, Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy issued 278 suspensions, 18.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy are Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School (0.3 miles), St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.3 miles), Lawn Primary School (0.4 miles) and Markeaton Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.