The GCSE exam season has now returned to normality after the pandemic but after this disruption, there’s a lot of pressure on students to learn everything in the curriculum.
Due to these expectations, Non-Stop Kids and Online Marketing Surgery have created their School Attainment Report, which help rank secondary schools in Derbyshire based on their average progress 8 score.
This score is a way of measuring the progress that pupils make from the end of key stage 2 to the end of key stage 4.
The average attainment 8 rate score for Derbyshire was 44.9 last year – measuring the progress of 370,293 KS4 pupils across the county.
Here are 10 schools in Derbyshire with the highest progress 8 score and 10 with the lowest score:
This score is a way of measuring the progress that pupils make from the end of key stage 2 to the end of key stage 4.
![Mercia Academy in Newhall, formerly William Allitt School, has the 8th worst Progress 8 score in the county - with 0.45 below the average. The school had 109 KS4 pupils on its roll.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM0OWYwODY4LTNmYTktNGQ1Zi05MGRkLWNlMWNjYjg0YmJjMjo4MmE2YzUxZS00MzczLTQyZTYtYTM2OS1lZmU3NmUwOTMyMDY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
13. Mercia Academy
Mercia Academy in Newhall, formerly William Allitt School, has the 8th worst Progress 8 score in the county - with 0.45 below the average. The school had 109 KS4 pupils on its roll. Photo: Google
![Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise has the 7th worst Progress 8 score in the county - with 0.46 below the average. The school had 187 KS4 pupils on its roll.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI2MDM5OWYyLWRkMDktNDE5Ni1iZGRkLTE4YjFjYzlmOGExYTpmMjBhMjAyOC05OWMyLTRiMDctODkxOS1mYTA0MmM2MDE2NzI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
14. Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy
Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise has the 7th worst Progress 8 score in the county - with 0.46 below the average. The school had 187 KS4 pupils on its roll. Photo: Google
![Tupton Hall School has the 6th worst Progress 8 score in the county - with 0.54 below the average. The school had 233 KS4 pupils.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY0NTk5MjlkLTFjZjYtNGI4OC05Yzc5LTE0OTVhZmQ2MDNlMToyZTFmNGFmYi0zODQzLTQ4ZTItYWM0Mi1lOGQwYzg5ZDM3NDA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
15. Tupton Hall School
Tupton Hall School has the 6th worst Progress 8 score in the county - with 0.54 below the average. The school had 233 KS4 pupils. Photo: Louise Cooper
![The Long Eaton School has the 5th worst Progress 8 score in the county - with 0.59 below the average. The school had 159 KS4 pupils on its roll.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmM1OWE1ZGQ1LTNhYzEtNGUxZC1hZGI1LTg5ODAzZjY0NTlkZjoxZDQwYTBjYS1hNmZlLTQwMjctYWRkOC1kZTk0OGE2NWFhODU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
16. The Long Eaton School
The Long Eaton School has the 5th worst Progress 8 score in the county - with 0.59 below the average. The school had 159 KS4 pupils on its roll. Photo: Google