Allestree Woodlands School
Secondary • Academy converter • Derby
Good
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Alvaston Moor Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Derby
Requires improvement
Anthony Gell School
Secondary • Academy converter • Matlock
Good
Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
Secondary • Foundation school • Belper
Requires improvement
Brookfield Community School
Secondary • Academy converter • Chesterfield
Good
Buxton Community School
Secondary • Academy converter • Buxton
Good
Castle Donington College
Secondary • Academy converter • Derby
Good
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
Secondary • Community school • High Peak
Not judged
Chellaston Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Derby
Good
City of Derby Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Derby
Requires improvement
Da Vinci Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Derby
Good
David Nieper Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Alfreton
Good
Derby Cathedral School
Secondary • Free schools • Derby
Good
Derby Moor Spencer Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Derby
Good
Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School
Secondary • Voluntary controlled school • Dronfield
Good
Eckington School
Secondary • Academy converter • Sheffield
Inadequate
Frederick Gent School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Alfreton
Good
Glossopdale School and Sixth Form
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Glossop
Good
Granville Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Swadlincote
Not judged
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Heanor
Outstanding
Heritage High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Chesterfield
Good
Highfields School
Secondary • Academy converter • Matlock
Good
Hope Valley College
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Hope Valley
Good
John Flamsteed Community School
Secondary • Academy converter • Ripley
Good
John Port Spencer Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Derby
Good
Kirk Hallam Community Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Ilkeston
Not judged
Lady Manners School
Secondary • Foundation school • Bakewell
Good
Landau Forte College
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Derby
Outstanding
Lees Brook Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Derby
Good
Littleover Community School
Secondary • Community school • Derby
Good
Mercia Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Swadlincote
Requires improvement
Murray Park Community School
Secondary • Foundation school • Derby
Good
Netherthorpe School
Secondary • Academy converter • Chesterfield
Requires improvement
New Mills School
Secondary • Community school • High Peak
Requires improvement
Noel-Baker Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Derby
Good
Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Ilkeston
Good
Outwood Academy Hasland Hall
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Chesterfield
Good
Outwood Academy Newbold
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Chesterfield
Good
Parkside Community School
Secondary • Academy converter • Chesterfield
Good
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Secondary • Academy converter • Ashbourne
Good
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Derby
Good
Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Ilkeston
Good
Springwell Community College
Secondary • Academy converter • Chesterfield
Not judged
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Chesterfield
Outstanding
St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Glossop
Good
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Buxton
Requires improvement
Swanwick Hall School
Secondary • Academy converter • Alfreton
Good
The Bolsover School
Secondary • Academy converter • Chesterfield
Good
The Ecclesbourne School
Secondary • Academy converter • Belper
Good
The Pingle Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Swadlincote
Good
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