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110 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Derby has 105 state schools: 74 primary, 15 secondary, 1 all-through, 7 nursery. Between them they teach around 45,989 pupils. 75 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.2 out of 10, and 4 score 8 or above.

17 have a sixth form. 55 take children from age three or under. 16 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Good or better
76
of 81 rated
Average score
4.2
out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Firs Primary School Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ashgate Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Mickleover Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Bemrose School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Derby Moor Spencer Academy Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Murray Park Community School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Noel-Baker Academy Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Derby

Primary schools: 'Most schools in Derby city have catchment area criteria' — catchment ranked ahead of out-of-catchment siblings. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Akaal Primary School Derby · Requires improvement Allenton Primary School Derby · Good Allestree Woodlands School Derby · Good Alvaston Infant and Nursery School Derby · Good Alvaston Junior Academy Derby · Requires improvement Alvaston Moor Academy Derby · Requires improvement Arboretum Primary School Derby · Good Ash Croft Primary Academy Derby · Good Ashgate Nursery School Derby Ashgate Primary School Derby · Good Ashwood Spencer Academy Derby · Good Asterdale Primary School Derby Beaufort Primary School Derby · Requires improvement Becket Primary School Derby · Good Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and Nursery Derby Borrow Wood Primary School Derby · Good Brackensdale Spencer Academy Derby · Not judged Breadsall Hill Top Primary School Derby Brookfield Primary School Derby · Good Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy Derby · Good Castleward Spencer Academy Derby · Outstanding Cavendish Close Infant School Derby · Good Cavendish Close Junior Academy Derby Central Community Nursery School Derby Chaddesden Park Primary School Derby Chellaston Academy Derby · Good Chellaston Infant School Derby · Not judged Chellaston Junior School Derby · Good Cherry Tree Hill Primary School Derby · Good City of Derby Academy Derby · Requires improvement Cottons Farm Primary Academy Derby · Not judged Da Vinci Academy Derby Dale Community Primary School Derby · Good Derby Cathedral School Derby · Good Derby College Derby · Good Derby Grammar School Derby High School Derby Derby Moor Spencer Academy Derby · Good Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School Derby · Good Derwent Primary School Derby Emmanuel School (Derby) Limited Derby Firs Primary School Derby · Good Gayton Junior School Derby · Good Grampian Primary Academy Derby · Good Griffe Field Primary School Derby · Outstanding Hackwood Primary Academy Derby · Good Hardwick Primary School Derby · Not judged Harrington Nursery School Derby · Outstanding Homefields Primary School Derby · Good Ivy House School Derby · Outstanding Kingsmead School Derby Lakeside Primary Academy Derby · Not judged Landau Forte Academy Moorhead Derby · Not judged Landau Forte College Derby · Outstanding Lawn Primary School Derby · Outstanding Lees Brook Academy Derby · Good Littleover Community School Derby · Good Lord Street Nursery School Derby · Good Markeaton Primary School Derby · Not judged Meadow Farm Community Primary School Derby · Good Mickleover Primary School Derby · Good Murray Park Community School Derby · Good Noel-Baker Academy Derby · Good Normanton House School Derby · Good Oak Grange Primary School Derby Oakwood Infant and Nursery School Derby · Good Oakwood Junior School Derby · Good Old Vicarage School Derby Parkview Primary School Derby. Pear Tree Community Junior School Derby · Good Pear Tree Infant School Derby · Good Portway Infant School Derby · Good Portway Junior School Derby · Good Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School Derby · Not judged Ravensdale Junior School Derby · Good Redwood Primary School Derby · Good Reigate Park Primary Academy Derby · Good Ridgeway Infant School Derby · Good Roe Farm Primary School Derby · Good Rosehill Infant and Nursery School Derby · Good Royal School for the Deaf Derby Derby · Good Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby · Good Shelton Infant School Derby · Good Shelton Junior School Derby Silverhill Primary School Derby · Good Springfield Primary School Derby · Good St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby · Good St Andrew's Academy Derby · Good St Clare's School Derby · Outstanding St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby · Outstanding St Giles' Spencer Academy Derby · Outstanding St James' Church of England Aided Infant School Derby · Good St James' Church of England Aided Junior School Derby · Good St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby · Good St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby · Good St Martins School Derby · Outstanding St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby · Good St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School Derby · Not judged St Werburgh's CofE Primary School Derby · Good Stonehill Nursery School Derby · Good The Bemrose School Derby · Good UTC Derby Pride Park Derby · Good Village Primary Academy Derby · Good Walbrook Nursery School Derby · Outstanding Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School Derby · Good West Park School Derby · Good Whitecross Nursery School Derby · Outstanding Wren Park Primary School Derby Wyndham Spencer Academy Derby · Not judged Zaytouna Primary School Derby · Good

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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