UK Schools
John Flamsteed Community School
John Flamsteed Community School is a mixed secondary academy in Ripley, Derbyshire County Council, teaching 850 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in January 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 53.3 (England 46.1). The 2026–2027 school year runs from 4 September 2026 to 23 July 2027.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for John Flamsteed Community School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2026–2027
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for John Flamsteed Community School.
- 4 INSET Days
- 4–30 Students return school
- 1–23 Students return school
- 2–30 Students will finish at
- 20 INSET Days
- 1–18 Students will finish at
- 4–31 Spring Term
- 1–12 Spring Term
- 5 INSET Days
- 22–28 Spring Term
- 1–25 Spring Term
- 26 Bank Holidays
- 12–30 Summer Term
- 1–28 Summer Term
- 3 Bank Holidays
- 7–30 Students will finish at
- 21 INSET Days
- 1–23 Students will finish at
- 26 INSET Days
Key dates (2026–2027)
- INSET Days Sep 4, 2026 Inset Day
- Students return school Sep 4, 2026-Oct 23, 2026 Term
- Students will finish at Nov 2, 2026-Dec 18, 2026 Term
- INSET Days Nov 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term Jan 4, 2027-Feb 12, 2027 Term
- INSET Days Feb 5, 2027 Inset Day
- Spring Term Feb 22, 2027-Mar 25, 2027 Term
- Bank Holidays Mar 26, 2027 Bank Holiday
- Summer Term Apr 12, 2027-May 28, 2027 Term
- Bank Holidays May 3, 2027 Bank Holiday
- Students will finish at Jun 7, 2027-Jul 23, 2027 Term
- INSET Days Jun 21, 2027 Inset Day
- INSET Days Jul 26, 2027 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare John Flamsteed Community School with Derbyshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 53.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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Attendance 17.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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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 John Flamsteed Community School. 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 John Flamsteed Community School 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.