Derbyshire schools and catchments

Derbyshire County Council has 387 primary schools and 80 secondary schools. 6% of Derbyshire's schools are private schools. 256 state schools in Derbyshire follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 158 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Derbyshire

  1. Outstanding 40
  2. Good 285
  3. Requires Improvement 62
  4. Inadequate 21

Most popular state schools
in Derbyshire in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Ridgeway Primary School

    Community school • Ridgeway, Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Morley Primary School

    Community school • Morley, Ilkeston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Horsley, DERBY

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Barrow-on-Trent, Derby

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Cutthorpe Primary School

    Community school • Cutthorpe, Chesterfield

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Chinley Primary School

    Foundation school • Chinley, High Peak

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Osmaston CofE (VC) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Osmaston, Ashbourne

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    St Andrew's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Stanley, Ilkeston

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Walton On Trent CofE Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter • Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School

    Foundation school • Newhall, Swadlincote

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Redhill Primary School

    Academy converter • Ockbrook, Derby

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Long Eaton, Nottingham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  13. 13

    Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Alfreton

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Findern Primary School

    Community school • Findern, Derby

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Mary Swanwick Primary School

    Academy converter • Old Whittington, Chesterfield

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Firfield Primary School

    Community school • Breaston, Derby

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Ashbourne Hilltop Primary and Nursery School

    Community school • Ashbourne

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  18. 18

    New Mills Primary School

    Community school • New Mills, High Peak

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Holbrook Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter • Holbrook, Belper

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Charlotte Nursery and Infant School

    Community school • Ilkeston

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  1. 1

    Netherthorpe School

    Academy converter • Staveley, Chesterfield

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Tibshelf Community School

    Community school • Tibshelf, Alfreton

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Glossopdale School

    Community school • Hadfield, Glossop

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  4. 4

    St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Upper Newbold, Chesterfield

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Outwood Academy Newbold

    Academy sponsor led • Newbold, Chesterfield

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    The Ecclesbourne School

    Academy converter • Duffield, Belper

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Hasland Hall Community School

    Community school • Hasland, Chesterfield

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  9. 9

    Wilsthorpe School

    Academy converter • Long Eaton, Nottingham

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Ilkeston

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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