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Schools in the Derby local authority

Derby has 120 schools listed on OfferDay across 3 towns.

7 nursery schools · 75 primary schools · 15 secondary schools · 1 all-through school · 1 sixth form or college · 14 special and alternative provision schools · 5 independent schools · 2 other establishments

About schools in Derby

Most of the 120 schools listed in Derby are primary schools. Its 15 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. One all-through school teaches every age from the early years to school-leaving age on a single site.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
57%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 62 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
42.9
average Attainment 8 score, across the 19 schools with published results

Top schools in Derby

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Lawn Primary School 84%
  2. 2 Griffe Field Primary School 83%
  3. 3 Parkview Primary School 82%
  4. 4 Gayton Junior School 78%
  5. 5 Hackwood Primary Academy 77%
  6. 6 Redwood Primary School 77%
  7. 7 Homefields Primary School 76%
  8. 8 Borrow Wood Primary School 75%

Secondary

  1. 1 Landau Forte College 55.4
  2. 2 Littleover Community School 52.7
  3. 3 Chellaston Academy 49.2
  4. 4 West Park School 48.7
  5. 5 Derby Moor Spencer Academy 47.7
  6. 6 Allestree Woodlands School 46.5
  7. 7 Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy 45.3
  8. 8 UTC Derby Pride Park 42.0

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Derby.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Derby

How many schools are in Derby?
OfferDay lists 120 schools in Derby, including 75 primary schools and 15 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Derby?
Every school in Derby is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
Which are the best schools in Derby?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Derby does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Derby local authority?
OfferDay groups the Derby schools across three towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.