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Best primary schools in Derby

59 of 75 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Derby schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 62 of them.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Lawn Primary School Derby 84.0% Outstanding about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 Griffe Field Primary School Derby 83.0% Outstanding oversubscribed 1.58 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Parkview Primary School Derby. 82.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Gayton Junior School Derby 78.0% Good — mapped
5 Hackwood Primary Academy Derby 77.0% Good oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Redwood Primary School Derby 77.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Homefields Primary School Derby 76.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Borrow Wood Primary School Derby 75.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Mickleover Primary School Derby hidden gem 75.0% Good undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby 75.0% Outstanding improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Silverhill Primary School Derby 74.0% Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Springfield Primary School Derby 72.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 Wren Park Primary School Derby 70.0% Not judged about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 Akaal Primary School Derby 69.0% Requires improvement about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School Derby 68.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Ravensdale Junior School Derby 67.0% Good — mapped
17 St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby hidden gem 67.0% Good about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Cavendish Close Junior Academy Derby 66.0% Good — mapped
19 Markeaton Primary School Derby 66.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 Brookfield Primary School Derby 65.0% Good oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 St Werburgh's CofE Primary School Derby hidden gem 65.0% Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Cherry Tree Hill Primary School Derby 64.0% Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 Wyndham Spencer Academy Derby 63.0% Not judged about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 Ashwood Spencer Academy Derby 62.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Asterdale Primary School Derby 61.0% Requires improvement about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and Nursery Derby hidden gem 61.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Brackensdale Spencer Academy Derby 61.0% Not judged about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 Meadow Farm Community Primary School Derby 61.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
29 St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby 61.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Grampian Primary Academy Derby 60.0% Good declining about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 Oakwood Junior School Derby 60.0% Good — mapped
32 St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby 59.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Chellaston Junior School Derby 56.0% Good — approximate
34 Portway Junior School Derby 56.0% Good — mapped
35 Village Primary Academy Derby 56.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
36 Zaytouna Primary School Derby 56.0% Good improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby 54.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 Dale Community Primary School Derby 53.0% Good improving about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
39 Landau Forte Academy Moorhead Derby 53.0% Not judged about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
40 Chaddesden Park Primary School Derby 50.0% Requires improvement about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
41 Lakeside Primary Academy Derby 48.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
42 Beaufort Primary School Derby 47.0% Requires improvement about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
43 Reigate Park Primary Academy Derby 47.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
44 St James' Church of England Aided Junior School Derby 46.0% Good — approximate
45 Shelton Junior School Derby 45.0% Good — mapped
46 St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School Derby 44.0% Not judged — mapped
47 Breadsall Hill Top Primary School Derby 43.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
48 Cottons Farm Primary Academy Derby 42.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
49 Hardwick Primary School Derby 42.0% Not judged about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
50 Alvaston Junior Academy Derby 41.0% Requires improvement — mapped
51 Ash Croft Primary Academy Derby 41.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
52 Roe Farm Primary School Derby 40.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
53 Ashgate Primary School Derby hidden gem 38.0% Good undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
54 Becket Primary School Derby 38.0% Good oversubscribed 1.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
55 Pear Tree Community Junior School Derby 36.0% Good — mapped
56 Allenton Primary School Derby 32.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
57 Firs Primary School Derby hidden gem 30.0% Good undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
58 Arboretum Primary School Derby 29.0% Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
59 Derwent Primary School Derby 29.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

Also in Derby

16 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Derby, not a fairer one.

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