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How far Derby schools admitted from

For every oversubscribed school, Derby publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 67 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.

67schools with a published figure
2.12 mithe middle school's distance
14filled within a mile

The tightest is Becket Primary School at 0.31 miles in 2026/27; the most far-reaching, Roe Farm Primary School, admitted from 11.2 miles.

Primary schools

School Ofsted Admitted from Round How full
Becket Primary School Derby Good 0.31 mi 2026/27 94%
Homefields Primary School Derby Good 0.35 mi 2026/27 108%
Parkview Primary School Derby. No current grade 0.37 mi 2026/27 104%
Silverhill Primary School Derby Good 0.37 mi 2026/27 100%
Ashgate Primary School Derby Good 0.39 mi 2026/27 99%
Hackwood Primary Academy Derby Good 0.44 mi 2026/27 98%
Griffe Field Primary School Derby Outstanding 0.52 mi 2026/27 109%
Pear Tree Community Junior School Derby Good 0.64 mi 2026/27 99%
Brookfield Primary School Derby Good 0.69 mi 2026/27 91%
Borrow Wood Primary School Derby Good 0.75 mi 2026/27 58%
St James' Church of England Aided Infant School Derby No current grade 0.76 mi 2026/27 108%
Ash Croft Primary Academy Derby Good 0.77 mi 2026/27 74%
Beaufort Primary School Derby Requires improvement 0.78 mi 2026/27 53%
Zaytouna Primary School Derby Good 1.11 mi 2026/27 99%
Chaddesden Park Primary School Derby Requires improvement 1.17 mi 2026/27 49%
Oakwood Infant and Nursery School Derby No current grade 1.3 mi 2026/27 110%
Akaal Primary School Derby Requires improvement 1.38 mi 2026/27 51%
Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy Derby No current grade 1.44 mi 2026/27 88%
St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby Outstanding 1.44 mi 2026/27 99%
Shelton Junior School Derby No current grade 1.48 mi 2026/27 90%
St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby No current grade 1.53 mi 2026/27 102%
Springfield Primary School Derby No current grade 1.56 mi 2026/27 94%
Shelton Infant School Derby Good 1.58 mi 2026/27 92%
Landau Forte Academy Moorhead Derby No current grade 1.64 mi 2026/27 74%
Allenton Primary School Derby No current grade 1.69 mi 2026/27 64%
Lakeside Primary Academy Derby No current grade 1.81 mi 2026/27 80%
Arboretum Primary School Derby Good 1.88 mi 2026/27 104%
Cherry Tree Hill Primary School Derby No current grade 1.98 mi 2026/27 96%
Wren Park Primary School Derby No current grade 2.04 mi 2026/27 93%
Cottons Farm Primary Academy Derby No current grade 2.07 mi 2026/27 88%
Brackensdale Spencer Academy Derby No current grade 2.12 mi 2026/27 95%
Rosehill Infant and Nursery School Derby Good 2.17 mi 2026/27 124%
Firs Primary School Derby Good 2.21 mi 2026/27 134%
St James' Church of England Aided Junior School Derby Good 2.25 mi 2026/27 100%
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby Good 2.26 mi 2026/27 110%
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby Good 2.39 mi 2026/27 78%
Cavendish Close Junior Academy Derby Good 2.46 mi 2026/27 80%
Grampian Primary Academy Derby No current grade 2.5 mi 2026/27 87%
Redwood Primary School Derby No current grade 2.59 mi 2026/27 92%
Ashwood Spencer Academy Derby Good 2.61 mi 2026/27 105%
St Werburgh's CofE Primary School Derby Good 2.66 mi 2026/27 89%
Wyndham Spencer Academy Derby No current grade 2.74 mi 2026/27 95%
Ravensdale Junior School Derby Good 2.81 mi 2026/27 98%
Village Primary Academy Derby No current grade 3.19 mi 2026/27 96%
Lawn Primary School Derby Outstanding 3.34 mi 2026/27 100%
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby No current grade 3.35 mi 2026/27 112%
Breadsall Hill Top Primary School Derby Good 3.49 mi 2026/27 63%
Reigate Park Primary Academy Derby Good 3.49 mi 2026/27 98%
Derwent Primary School Derby Good 3.78 mi 2026/27 99%
Alvaston Infant and Nursery School Derby No current grade 3.84 mi 2026/27 129%
Asterdale Primary School Derby Requires improvement 4.0 mi 2026/27 99%
Chellaston Junior School Derby No current grade 4.63 mi 2026/27 82%
Oakwood Junior School Derby Good 4.86 mi 2026/27 94%
Portway Junior School Derby No current grade 4.88 mi 2026/27 82%
Chellaston Infant School Derby No current grade 5.39 mi 2026/27 60%
Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School Derby No current grade 5.63 mi 2026/27 99%
Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School Derby No current grade 7.74 mi 2026/27 107%
Portway Infant School Derby No current grade 9.04 mi 2026/27 93%
Cavendish Close Infant School Derby No current grade 9.16 mi 2026/27 106%
St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School Derby No current grade 10.6 mi 2026/27 97%
Roe Farm Primary School Derby Good 11.2 mi 2026/27 76%

Secondary schools

School Ofsted Admitted from Round How full
Littleover Community School Derby Good 0.91 mi 2026/27 101%
Derby Moor Spencer Academy Derby No current grade 1.59 mi 2026/27 110%
Chellaston Academy Derby Good 2.1 mi 2026/27 not published
City of Derby Academy Derby Requires improvement 2.88 mi 2026/27 88%
Noel-Baker Academy Derby Good 3.15 mi 2026/27 88%
Da Vinci Academy Derby Good 4.03 mi 2026/27 89%

Reading the numbers

These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Derby measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →

Checking an address against these

Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.

Admission distances published by Derby. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.