St Giles' Spencer Academy

State-Funded School

st-giles-spencer-academy-derby-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

DerbyLocal Authority

Derby NorthConstituency

DE21 6BTPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Giles' Spencer Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–11, located in Derby, East Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 149 pupils. St Giles' Spencer Academy is part of THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

64%

Asian

21%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

149

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

62%

England average

27%

First language not English

35%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 149
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 22 May 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Jan 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.