UK Schools
Noel-Baker Academy
Noel-Baker Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Derby, Derby City Council, teaching 1,230 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in February 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 36.3 (England 46.1). The 2026–2027 school year runs from 7 September 2026 to 23 July 2027.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Noel-Baker Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2026–2027
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Noel-Baker Academy.
- 3 INSET DAY *
- 4 INSET DAY *
- 7 All Students return for Autumn Term
- 23 Break up for Half Term
- 26–30 Half Term
- 2 School re opens for Autumn
- 4 INSET DAY *
- 18 School closes for Christmas
- 21–31 Christmas Break
- 1 Christmas Break
- 4 INSET DAY *
- 5 All students return for Spring Term
- 12 Break up for Half Term
- 15–19 Half Term
- 22 School re opens for Spring
- 25 School closes for Easter
- 26–31 Easter Break
- 1–9 Easter Break
- 12 All students return for Summer Term
- 3 May Bank Holiday School Closed
- 28 Break up for Half Term
- 31 Half Term
- 1–4 Half Term
- 7 School re opens for Summer
- 25 INSET DAY *
- 23 School closes for Summer
Key dates (2026–2027)
- INSET DAY * Sep 3, 2026 Inset Day
- INSET DAY * Sep 4, 2026 Inset Day
- All Students return for Autumn Term Sep 7, 2026 Term
- Break up for Half Term Oct 23, 2026 Holiday
- Half Term Oct 26, 2026-Oct 30, 2026 Holiday
- School re opens for Autumn Nov 2, 2026 Term
- INSET DAY * Dec 4, 2026 Inset Day
- School closes for Christmas Dec 18, 2026 Term
- Christmas Break Dec 21, 2026-Jan 1, 2027 Holiday
- INSET DAY * Jan 4, 2027 Inset Day
- All students return for Spring Term Jan 5, 2027 Term
- Break up for Half Term Feb 12, 2027 Holiday
- Half Term Feb 15, 2027-Feb 19, 2027 Holiday
- School re opens for Spring Feb 22, 2027 Term
- School closes for Easter Mar 25, 2027 Term
- Easter Break Mar 26, 2027-Apr 9, 2027 Holiday
- All students return for Summer Term Apr 12, 2027 Term
- May Bank Holiday School Closed May 3, 2027 Bank Holiday
- Break up for Half Term May 28, 2027 Holiday
- Half Term May 31, 2027-Jun 4, 2027 Holiday
- School re opens for Summer Jun 7, 2027 Term
- INSET DAY * Jun 25, 2027 Inset Day
- School closes for Summer Jul 23, 2027 Term
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Noel-Baker Academy with Derby City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 36.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Derby City Council England
Attendance 33.3% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Derby City Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 84% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Derby City Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Noel-Baker Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Noel-Baker Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.