UK Schools
Kirk Hallam Community Academy
Kirk Hallam Community Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Ilkeston, Derbyshire County Council, teaching 709 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in October 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 38.7 (England 46.1). The 2026–2027 school year runs from 3 August 2026 to 30 July 2027.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Kirk Hallam Community Academy.
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 Kirk Hallam Community Academy.
- 3–28 Summer Term
- 31 holidays
- 2 INSET
- 26–30 Autumn Term
- 1 holidays
- 14–24 Autumn Term
- 25–28 holidays
- 29–31 Autumn Term
- 4 Spring Term
- 15–19 Spring Term
- 1–2 Spring Term
- 26–29 holidays
- 30–31 Spring Term
- 5–9 Summer Term
- 1–2 Summer Term
- 3 holidays
- 3–4 Summer Term
- 31 holidays
- 26–30 Summer Term
Key dates (2026–2027)
- Summer Term Aug 3, 2026-Aug 28, 2026 Term
- holidays Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- INSET Sep 2, 2026 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Oct 26, 2026-Oct 30, 2026 Term
- holidays Dec 1, 2026 Holiday
- Autumn Term Dec 14, 2026-Dec 24, 2026 Term
- holidays Dec 25, 2026-Dec 28, 2026 Holiday
- Autumn Term Dec 29, 2026-Dec 31, 2026 Term
- Spring Term Jan 4, 2027 Term
- Spring Term Feb 15, 2027-Feb 19, 2027 Term
- Spring Term Mar 1, 2027-Mar 2, 2027 Term
- holidays Mar 26, 2027-Mar 29, 2027 Holiday
- Spring Term Mar 30, 2027-Mar 31, 2027 Term
- Summer Term Apr 5, 2027-Apr 9, 2027 Term
- Summer Term May 1, 2027-May 2, 2027 Term
- holidays May 3, 2027 Holiday
- Summer Term May 3, 2027-May 4, 2027 Term
- holidays May 31, 2027 Holiday
- Summer Term Jul 26, 2027-Jul 30, 2027 Term
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Kirk Hallam Community Academy with Derbyshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 38.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 24.49 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 31% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 86% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 84% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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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 Kirk Hallam Community 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 Kirk Hallam Community 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.