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

64 schools. 12 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
Castleward Spencer AcademyDerby	1.43	30
Hackwood Primary AcademyDerby	1.33	30
Markeaton Primary SchoolDerby	1.18	60
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
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
Derwent Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	24
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
Springfield Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	24
St Alban's Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby	1.00	15
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby	1.00	17
Village Primary AcademyDerby	1.00	61
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
Alvaston Infant and Nursery SchoolDerby	0.97	63
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
Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary SchoolDerby	0.95	60
Breadsall Hill Top 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
Portway Infant SchoolDerby	0.90	40
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby	0.85	41
St Werburgh's CofE Primary SchoolDerby	0.84	32
Cottons Farm Primary AcademyDerby	0.80	5
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

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

15 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
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