School admissions in Derby

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

95 schools. 16 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Becket Primary SchoolDerby	1.77	30
Griffe Field Primary SchoolDerby	1.58	60
Brookfield Primary SchoolDerby	1.53	30
Redhill Primary SchoolDerby	1.50	30
Aston-on-Trent Primary SchoolDerby	1.48	33
Castleward Spencer AcademyDerby	1.43	30
Hackwood Primary AcademyDerby	1.33	30
Markeaton Primary SchoolDerby	1.18	60
Highfields Spencer AcademyDerby	1.10	30
Lawn Primary SchoolDerby	1.08	60
Parkview Primary SchoolDerby.	1.07	29
Homefields Primary SchoolDerby	1.07	44
Wyndham Spencer AcademyDerby	1.07	60
Grampian Primary AcademyDerby	1.04	23
Firfield Primary SchoolDerby	1.02	60
Silverhill Primary SchoolDerby	1.02	60
Allenton Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	31
Ash Croft Primary AcademyDerby	1.00	13
Ashwood Spencer AcademyDerby	1.00	61
Borrow Wood Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	21
Church Broughton CofE Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	10
Derwent Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	24
Diseworth Church of England Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	8
Draycott Community Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	14
Egginton Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	10
Heath Fields Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	16
Hilton Spencer AcademyDerby	1.00	65
Lakeside Primary AcademyDerby	1.00	35
Meadow Farm Community Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	10
Oakwood Infant and Nursery SchoolDerby	1.00	71
Pear Tree Infant SchoolDerby	1.00	54
Redwood Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	79
Repton Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	27
Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	15
Sale and Davys Church of England Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	9
Shardlow Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	15
Springfield Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	24
St Alban's Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby	1.00	15
St Hardulph's Church of England Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	7
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby	1.00	17
Stenson Fields Primary Community SchoolDerby	1.00	26
Village Primary AcademyDerby	1.00	61
Willington Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	27
Arboretum Primary SchoolDerby	0.99	73
Cherry Tree Hill Primary SchoolDerby	0.99	70
Hardwick Primary SchoolDerby	0.98	60
Zaytouna Primary SchoolDerby	0.98	55
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby	0.98	52
St George's Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby	0.98	49
Roe Farm Primary SchoolDerby	0.97	35
Melbourne Infant & Nursery SchoolDerby	0.97	34
Alvaston Infant and Nursery SchoolDerby	0.97	63
Ashbrook Infant SchoolDerby	0.97	30
Dale Community Primary SchoolDerby	0.97	59
Asterdale Primary SchoolDerby	0.96	28
Beaufort Primary SchoolDerby	0.96	26
Landau Forte Academy MoorheadDerby	0.96	25
Cavendish Close Infant SchoolDerby	0.96	68
Akaal Primary SchoolDerby	0.95	22
Chaddesden Park Primary SchoolDerby	0.95	20
The Curzon CofE Primary SchoolDerby	0.95	20
Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary SchoolDerby	0.95	60
Breadsall Hill Top Primary SchoolDerby	0.95	39
Kegworth Primary SchoolDerby	0.95	39
Chellaston Infant SchoolDerby	0.95	57
St James' Church of England Aided Infant SchoolDerby	0.95	19
Shelton Infant SchoolDerby	0.94	52
Ridgeway Infant SchoolDerby	0.94	80
Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and NurseryDerby	0.93	29
Reigate Park Primary AcademyDerby	0.93	41
Wren Park Primary SchoolDerby	0.92	51
Ravensdale Infant and Nursery SchoolDerby	0.92	75
Rosehill Infant and Nursery SchoolDerby	0.92	25
Brackensdale Spencer AcademyDerby	0.92	60
Oak Grange Primary SchoolDerby	0.91	45
Clover Leys Spencer AcademyDerby	0.90	30
Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolDERBY	0.90	10
Portway Infant SchoolDerby	0.90	40
Etwall Primary SchoolDerby	0.88	57
Kilburn Infant and Nursery SchoolDerby	0.87	39
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby	0.85	41
St Werburgh's CofE Primary SchoolDerby	0.84	32
Little Eaton Primary SchoolDerby	0.83	24
Cottons Farm Primary AcademyDerby	0.80	5
Orchard Community Primary SchoolDerby	0.80	44
St Edward's Church of England Primary SchoolDerby	0.79	29
The Bemrose SchoolDerby	0.79	53
Mickleover Primary SchoolDerby	0.79	57
Ashgate Primary SchoolDerby	0.79	42
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant SchoolDerby	0.79	14
Carlyle Infant and Nursery AcademyDerby	0.78	46
Firs Primary SchoolDerby	0.77	48
Findern Primary SchoolDerby	0.77	30
Hemington Primary SchoolDerby	0.73	11
Weston-on-Trent CofE (VA) Primary SchoolDerby	0.65	17

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

17 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Landau Forte CollegeDerby	2.87	180
Littleover Community SchoolDerby	1.29	288
West Park SchoolDerby	1.06	279
Chellaston AcademyDerby	1.05	288
John Port Spencer AcademyDerby	0.99	384
Castle Donington CollegeDerby	0.95	128
Derby Cathedral SchoolDerby	0.90	176
Allestree Woodlands SchoolDerby	0.87	231
Lees Brook AcademyDerby	0.85	195
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby	0.83	242
Murray Park Community SchoolDerby	0.82	270
Noel-Baker AcademyDerby	0.82	257
Derby Moor Spencer AcademyDerby	0.81	296
The Bemrose SchoolDerby	0.63	179
City of Derby AcademyDerby	0.63	178
Da Vinci AcademyDerby	0.56	132
Alvaston Moor AcademyDerby	0.55	193