Murray Park Community School
Murray Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 9LL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Caley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Derby North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,400
- Pupils on roll
- 1,277
- URN
- 112991
- Local authority
- Derby
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01332515921
About this school
Murray Park Community School is a foundation secondary school in Derby. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,277 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 218 | 218 | 213 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.5 | 44.0 | 40.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.21 -0.41 to -0.02 | +0.03 -0.17 to +0.22 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 41.7% | 33.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 62.4% | 54% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 39% | 51.4% | 42.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Murray Park Community 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 | 40.5 | 37.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44 | 37.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.6 | 38.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,107 |
| 2023/24 | 1,158 |
| 2024/25 | 1,210 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Murray Park Community School compares
Murray Park Community School ranked 11th of 16 secondary schools in Derby for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.6 | 9% | 35.5% | 1,277 | — |
| Littleover Community School | 52.7 | 5.8% | 18.2% | 1,828 | 1.3 miles |
| Derby Cathedral School | 41.5 | 6.2% | 54.4% | 1,159 | 1.6 miles |
| Derby Moor Spencer Academy | 47.7 | 7.5% | 38.6% | 1,740 | 1.7 miles |
| Landau Forte College | 55.4 | 6.1% | 37.2% | 1,272 | 2.5 miles |
| Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy | 45.3 | 7.2% | 31.8% | 1,465 | 2.6 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.54%
- English as an additional language
- 15.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.02%
- Persistent absence
- 25.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Littleover Community School1.3 miles
Secondary · Derby
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Derby Cathedral School1.6 miles
Secondary · Derby
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Derby Moor Spencer Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Derby
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Landau Forte College2.5 miles
Secondary · Derby
-
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy2.6 miles
Secondary · Derby
Other schools in Derby
Murray Park Community School ranks 13th of the 18 ranked secondary schools in Derby.
- Allestree Woodlands School Secondary
- Alvaston Moor Academy Secondary
- Castle Donington College Secondary
- Chellaston Academy Secondary
- City of Derby Academy Secondary
- Da Vinci Academy Secondary
- Derby Cathedral School Secondary
- Derby Moor Spencer Academy Secondary
- John Port Spencer Academy Secondary
- Landau Forte College Secondary
- Lees Brook Academy Secondary
- Littleover Community School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Murray Park Community School teach?
- Murray Park Community School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Derby.
- Who is the headteacher of Murray Park Community School?
- The headteacher of Murray Park Community School is Mrs Nicola Caley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Murray Park Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Murray Park Community 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 Murray Park Community School?
- Murray Park Community School has 1,277 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Murray Park Community School full?
- Murray Park Community School has capacity for 1,400 pupils and 1,277 on roll (91%), 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 Murray Park Community School a faith school?
- No. Murray Park Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Murray Park Community School a selective school?
- No. Murray Park Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Murray Park Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.5 in 2022/23 and 40.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Murray Park Community School rank locally?
- Murray Park Community School ranked 11th of 16 secondary schools in Derby for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Murray Park Community School's absence rate?
- Murray Park Community School's overall absence rate is 9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Murray Park Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Murray Park Community 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 29 June 2026.