Wren Park Primary School
Jackson Avenue, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 9AY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Alex Buckley
- Constituency
- Derby North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 378
- Pupils on roll
- 353
- URN
- 112758
- Local authority
- Derby
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01332512732
About this school
Wren Park Primary School is a community primary school in Derby. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 353 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 56 | 53 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 72% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 91% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 83% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 89% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wren Park Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Derby average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54% | 53.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 55.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 384 |
| 2023/24 | 374 |
| 2024/25 | 362 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wren Park Primary School compares
Wren Park Primary School ranked 13th of 60 primary schools in Derby for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 70% | 5.7% | 9.4% | 353 | — |
| St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School | 44% | 6.7% | 32.4% | 229 | 0.6 miles |
| Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy | — | 5.5% | 23.8% | 182 | 0.7 miles |
| Ravensdale Junior School | 67% | 5.2% | 36.8% | 352 | 0.8 miles |
| Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.4% | 27.4% | 267 | 0.8 miles |
| Brookfield Primary School | 65% | 4.1% | 19.7% | 238 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 9.39%
- English as an additional language
- 24.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.71%
- Persistent absence
- 14.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Ravensdale Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Brookfield Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Derby
Other schools in Derby
Wren Park Primary School ranks 23rd of the 86 ranked primary schools in Derby.
- Akaal Primary School Primary
- Allenton Primary School Primary
- Alvaston Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Alvaston Junior Academy Primary
- Arboretum Primary School Primary
- Ash Croft Primary Academy Primary
- Ashbrook Infant School Primary
- Ashbrook Junior School Primary
- Ashgate Primary School Primary
- Ashwood Spencer Academy Primary
- Asterdale Primary School Primary
- Aston-on-Trent Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wren Park Primary School teach?
- Wren Park Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Derby.
- Who is the headteacher of Wren Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wren Park Primary School is Mr Alex Buckley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wren Park Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wren Park Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Wren Park Primary School?
- Wren Park Primary School has 353 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Wren Park Primary School full?
- Wren Park Primary School has capacity for 378 pupils and 353 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wren Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wren Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wren Park Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wren Park Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Wren Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wren Park Primary School rank locally?
- Wren Park Primary School ranked 13th of 60 primary schools in Derby for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wren Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Wren Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wren Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wren Park Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.