UK Schools
Mercia Academy
Mercia Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Swadlincote, Derbyshire County Council, teaching 592 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in July 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 32.6 (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 Mercia 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 Mercia Academy.
- 4 School based Training Day school closed students
- 7 Schools Open
- 25 Trust Training Day school closed students
- 23 Schools Close
- 26–30 Autumn Half Term
- 2 Schools Open
- 30 INSET Day school closed students
- 18 Schools Close
- 21–31 Christmas & New Year Holiday
- 1 Christmas & New Year Holiday
- 4 School based Training Day school closed students
- 5 Schools Open
- 12 Schools Close
- 15–19 Spring Half Term
- 22 Schools Open
- 25 Schools Close
- 26–31 Easter Holidays
- 1–9 Easter Holidays
- 12 Schools Open
- 3 Bank Holiday
- 28 Schools Close
- 31 Summer Half Term
- 1–4 Summer Half Term
- 7 Schools Open
- 23 Schools Close
Key dates (2026–2027)
- School based Training Day school closed students Sep 4, 2026 Inset Day
- Schools Open Sep 7, 2026 Term
- Trust Training Day school closed students Sep 25, 2026 Inset Day
- Schools Close Oct 23, 2026 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 26, 2026-Oct 30, 2026 Holiday
- Schools Open Nov 2, 2026 Term
- INSET Day school closed students Nov 30, 2026 Inset Day
- Schools Close Dec 18, 2026 Term
- Christmas & New Year Holiday Dec 21, 2026-Jan 1, 2027 Holiday
- School based Training Day school closed students Jan 4, 2027 Inset Day
- Schools Open Jan 5, 2027 Term
- Schools Close Feb 12, 2027 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 15, 2027-Feb 19, 2027 Holiday
- Schools Open Feb 22, 2027 Term
- Schools Close Mar 25, 2027 Term
- Easter Holidays Mar 26, 2027-Apr 9, 2027 Holiday
- Schools Open Apr 12, 2027 Term
- Bank Holiday May 3, 2027 Bank Holiday
- Schools Close May 28, 2027 Term
- Summer Half Term May 31, 2027-Jun 4, 2027 Holiday
- Schools Open Jun 7, 2027 Term
- Schools Close Jul 23, 2027 Term
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Mercia Academy with Derbyshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 32.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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Attendance 36.4% 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 Mercia 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 Mercia 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.