Derwent Primary School
St Mark's Road, Derby, DE21 6AL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ONE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kylie Magner
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Derby North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 313
- URN
- 144343
- Local authority
- Derby
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01332346222
About this school
Derwent Primary School is a primary academy in Derby. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 313 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
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 45 | 38 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 21% | 29% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 42% | 47% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 36% | 42% | 37% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 45% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 99.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 97.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.60 | - | - |
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 Derwent 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 | 27% | 53.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 21% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 29% | 55.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 284 |
| 2023/24 | 317 |
| 2024/25 | 304 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Derwent Primary School compares
Derwent Primary School ranked 59th of 60 primary schools in Derby for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 29% | 4.8% | 49.6% | 313 | — |
| Beaufort Primary School | 47% | 5.7% | 49.4% | 224 | 0.5 miles |
| Roe Farm Primary School | 40% | 7.4% | 53% | 347 | 0.7 miles |
| Castleward Spencer Academy | — | 3.2% | 22% | 179 | 0.8 miles |
| St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 54% | 5.8% | 16.3% | 321 | 0.9 miles |
| Breadsall Hill Top Primary School | 43% | 5.7% | 53.9% | 418 | 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
-
Graded inspection report3 March 2026
- 14 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.63%
- English as an additional language
- 33.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.84%
- Persistent absence
- 11.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Beaufort Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Roe Farm Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Castleward Spencer Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Derby
-
St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Breadsall Hill Top Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Derby
Other schools in Derby
Derwent Primary School ranks 84th 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 Derwent Primary School teach?
- Derwent Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Derby.
- Who is the headteacher of Derwent Primary School?
- The headteacher of Derwent Primary School is Mrs Kylie Magner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Derwent Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Derwent 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 Derwent Primary School?
- Derwent Primary School has 313 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Derwent Primary School full?
- Derwent Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 313 on roll (99%), 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 Derwent Primary School a faith school?
- No. Derwent Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Derwent Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Derwent Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Derwent Primary School?
- Derwent Primary School is part of ONE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Derwent Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 27% in 2022/23 and 29% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Derwent Primary School rank locally?
- Derwent Primary School ranked 59th of 60 primary schools in Derby for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Derwent Primary School's absence rate?
- Derwent Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Derwent Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Derwent 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 10 July 2026.