Wyndham Spencer Academy
Wyndham Street, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0EP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST
- Executive Principal
- Mrs Laurie Baczynski
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Spencer Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Derby South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 474
- Pupils on roll
- 452
- URN
- 138443
- Local authority
- Derby
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01332571153
About this school
Wyndham Spencer Academy is a primary academy in Derby. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 452 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 86 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 72% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 16% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 78% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 81% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 78% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - | - |
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 Wyndham Spencer Academy 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 | 67% | 53.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 55.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 484 |
| 2023/24 | 475 |
| 2024/25 | 444 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wyndham Spencer Academy compares
Wyndham Spencer Academy ranked 23rd of 60 primary schools in Derby for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% 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 | 63% | 5.8% | 32.8% | 452 | — |
| Oakwood Infant and Nursery School | — | 8% | 32.9% | 296 | 0.3 miles |
| Oakwood Junior School | 60% | 6.8% | 51% | 340 | 0.3 miles |
| Landau Forte Academy Moorhead | 53% | 5.3% | 64.4% | 206 | 0.4 miles |
| Alvaston Junior Academy | 41% | 5.5% | 42.1% | 326 | 0.6 miles |
| Alvaston Infant and Nursery School | — | 5.2% | 42.6% | 348 | 0.6 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)
- 32.76%
- English as an additional language
- 31.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.76%
- Persistent absence
- 17.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oakwood Infant and Nursery School0.3 miles
Primary · Derby
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Oakwood Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Landau Forte Academy Moorhead0.4 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Alvaston Junior Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Alvaston Infant and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Derby
Other schools in Derby
Wyndham Spencer Academy ranks 37th 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 Wyndham Spencer Academy teach?
- Wyndham Spencer Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Derby.
- Who is the executive principal of Wyndham Spencer Academy?
- The executive principal of Wyndham Spencer Academy is Mrs Laurie Baczynski, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wyndham Spencer Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wyndham Spencer Academy, 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 Wyndham Spencer Academy?
- Wyndham Spencer Academy has 452 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Wyndham Spencer Academy full?
- Wyndham Spencer Academy has capacity for 474 pupils and 452 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wyndham Spencer Academy a faith school?
- No. Wyndham Spencer Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Wyndham Spencer Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wyndham Spencer Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Wyndham Spencer Academy?
- Wyndham Spencer Academy is part of THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wyndham Spencer Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wyndham Spencer Academy rank locally?
- Wyndham Spencer Academy ranked 23rd of 60 primary schools in Derby for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% 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 Wyndham Spencer Academy's absence rate?
- Wyndham Spencer Academy's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wyndham Spencer Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wyndham Spencer Academy'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 1 July 2026.