School admissions in Derbyshire

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

289 schools. 39 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Holbrook Church of England Primary SchoolBelper	2.15	20
Breadsall CofE VC Primary SchoolBreadsall	1.75	16
St Mary's Catholic PrimaryChesterfield	1.67	60
Clifton CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne	1.53	15
Redhill Primary SchoolDerby	1.50	30
Aston-on-Trent Primary SchoolDerby	1.48	33
Gorseybrigg Primary School and NurseryDronfield	1.48	29
Street Lane Primary SchoolRipley	1.46	13
Coppice Primary SchoolHeanor	1.37	30
Immaculate Conception Catholic PrimarySheffield	1.37	30
Fairmeadows Foundation Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.34	29
Norbury CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne	1.33	12
St Edward's Catholic AcademySwadlincote	1.33	30
Deer Park Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.26	50
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyMANSFIELD	1.26	31
The Park Infant & Nursery SchoolMansfield	1.25	60
Hollingwood Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.22	45
Field House Infant SchoolIlkeston	1.20	59
Barlborough Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.20	30
Grassmoor Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.20	30
St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne	1.17	30
Osmaston CofE (VC) Primary SchoolAshbourne	1.15	20
Camms CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.14	29
New Mills Primary SchoolHigh Peak	1.13	30
Doveridge Primary SchoolAshbourne	1.12	16
Hady Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.11	44
Abercrombie Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.11	28
Walton Holymoorside Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.10	49
Highfields Spencer AcademyDerby	1.10	30
Scarcliffe Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.08	13
Ashover Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.07	30
Hodthorpe Primary SchoolWorksop	1.07	15
Overseal Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.07	30
Shirland Primary SchoolAlfreton	1.07	30
St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.04	24
Riddings Infant and Nursery SchoolAlfreton	1.03	60
Tupton Primary and Nursery AcademyChesterfield	1.03	30
Whaley Bridge Primary SchoolHigh Peak	1.03	30
Firfield Primary SchoolDerby	1.02	60
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary AcademyGlossop	1.00	8
Ambergate Primary SchoolBelper	1.00	16
Arkwright Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	11
Bakewell CofE Infant SchoolBakewell	1.00	6
Bamford Primary SchoolHope Valley	1.00	6
Barrow Hill Primary AcademyChesterfield	1.00	7
Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	6
Bonsall CofE (A) Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	2
Bradley CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne	1.00	1
Bradwell CofE (Controlled) Infant School & NurseryHope Valley	1.00	10
Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery SchoolChesterfield	1.00	14
Brassington Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	12
Brockley Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	9
Brooklands Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	33
Burbage Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	43
Buxworth Primary SchoolHigh Peak	1.00	12
Carsington and Hopton Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	2
Castle View Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	7
Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary SchoolHigh Peak	1.00	41
Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGlossop	1.00	17
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	27
Christ the King Catholic Voluntary AcademyAlfreton	1.00	17
Church Broughton CofE Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	10
Codnor Community Primary School Church of England ControlledRipley	1.00	33
Combs Infant SchoolCombs High Peak	1.00	5
Coton-in-the-Elms Cof E Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	11
Crich Carr CofE Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	4
Croft Infant SchoolAlfreton	1.00	42
Cromford Church of England Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	4
Curbar Primary SchoolHope Valley	1.00	10
Cutthorpe Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	14
Dallimore Primary & Nursery SchoolIlkeston	1.00	45
Darley Churchtown Church of England Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	7
Darley Dale Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	29
Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGlossop	1.00	13
Dove Holes CofE Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	4
Dovedale Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	49
Draycott Community Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	14
Duckmanton Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	12
Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary SchoolGlossop	1.00	29
Earl Sterndale CofE Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	1
Edale CofE Primary SchoolHope Valley	1.00	3
Egginton Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	10
Eureka Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	19
Eyam CofE Primary SchoolHope Valley	1.00	8
Fitzherbert CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolAshbourne	1.00	3
Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery SchoolBelper	1.00	13
Furness Vale Primary and Nursery SchoolHigh Peak	1.00	7
Gamesley Primary and Nursery SchoolGlossop	1.00	27
Grange Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	56
Great Hucklow CE PrimaryBuxton	1.00	1
Grindleford Primary SchoolHope Valley	1.00	2
Hadfield Infant SchoolGlossop	1.00	47
Hague Bar Primary SchoolHigh Peak	1.00	6
Hartington CofE Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	3
Hathersage St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolHope Valley	1.00	17
Hayfield Primary SchoolHigh Peak	1.00	20
Heath Fields Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	16
Hilton Spencer AcademyDerby	1.00	65
Hope Primary SchoolHope Valley	1.00	10
Horsley Woodhouse Primary SchoolIlkeston	1.00	8
Ironville and Codnor Park Primary SchoolIronville	1.00	14
John King Infant AcademyPinxton	1.00	30
Killamarsh Infant SchoolSheffield	1.00	30
Kirk Ireton C of E Primary SchoolAshbourne	1.00	4
Laceyfields AcademyHeanor	1.00	22
Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and NurseryNottingham	1.00	23
Lea Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	15
Lenthall Infant and Nursery SchoolDronfield	1.00	18
Litton CofE Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	3
Long Lane Church of England Primary SchoolAshbourne	1.00	3
Longmoor Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	51
Longstone CofE Primary SchoolGreat Longstone	1.00	9
Lons Infant SchoolRipley	1.00	12
Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary SchoolIlkeston	1.00	9
Marlpool Infant SchoolHeanor	1.00	5
Mary Swanwick Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	30
Matlock Bath Holy Trinity CofE Controlled Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	5
Mickley Village Primary and Nursery SchoolAlfreton	1.00	6
Middleton Community Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	11
Monyash CofE Primary SchoolBakewell	1.00	6
Morley Primary SchoolIlkeston	1.00	11
Morton Primary AcademyAlfreton	1.00	20
Mugginton CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne	1.00	13
Netherseal St Peter's CofE (C) Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	4
New Bolsover Primary and Nursery SchoolChesterfield	1.00	22
New Whittington Community Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	21
Newton Primary SchoolAlfreton	1.00	17
Newton Solney CofE (Aided) Infant SchoolBurton-on-Trent	1.00	13
Newtown Primary School (High Peak Federation)New Mills	1.00	6
Norbriggs Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	14
Padfield Community Primary SchoolGlossop	1.00	16
Peak Dale Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	8
Peak Forest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	4
Pilsley CofE Primary SchoolBakewell	1.00	5
Pilsley Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	29
Pottery Primary SchoolBelper	1.00	20
Renishaw Primary SchoolSheffield	1.00	24
Repton Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	27
Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	15
Rosliston CofE Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	5
Rowsley CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	8
Sale and Davys Church of England Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	9
Sawley Infant and Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.00	46
Shardlow Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	15
Sharley Park Community Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	46
South Darley CofE Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	8
South Wingfield Primary SchoolAlfreton	1.00	20
Speedwell Infant SchoolChesterfield	1.00	17
St Anne's Catholic Voluntary AcademyBuxton	1.00	27
St Charles' Catholic Voluntary AcademyGlossop	1.00	16
St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary AcademyBelper	1.00	21
St George's CofE Primary SchoolHigh Peak	1.00	4
St Giles Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolMatlock	1.00	9
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyMatlock	1.00	14
St Laurence CofE Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	11
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolGlossop	1.00	22
St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGlossop	1.00	7
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGlossop	1.00	12
St Thomas Catholic Voluntary AcademyIlkeston	1.00	30
Stanton-in-Peak CofE Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	10
Stenson Fields Primary Community SchoolDerby	1.00	26
Stonebroom Primary and Nursery SchoolAlfreton	1.00	26
Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary SchoolHope Valley	1.00	3
Taddington and Priestcliffe SchoolBuxton	1.00	5
Tansley Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	10
Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary SchoolHigh Peak	1.00	15
The Brigg Infant SchoolAlfreton	1.00	21
Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolGlossop	1.00	15
Turnditch Church of England Primary SchoolBelper	1.00	7
Walton On Trent CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	15
Wessington Primary SchoolAlfreton	1.00	13
Westhouses Primary SchoolAlfreton	1.00	5
Whaley Thorns Primary SchoolMansfield	1.00	10
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary SchoolGlossop	1.00	29
Wigley Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	6
Willington Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	27
Winster CofE Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	1
Wirksworth CofE Infant SchoolMatlock	1.00	9
Youlgrave, All Saints' CofE (VA) Primary SchoolBakewell	1.00	3
Bolsover Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.99	77
Brockwell Nursery and Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.98	59
Aldercar Infant SchoolNottingham	0.98	45
All Saints CofE Infant SchoolMatlock	0.98	42
Spire Nursery and Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.98	41
The Green Flying High AcademyAlfreton	0.98	41
Clowne Infant and Nursery SchoolChesterfield	0.97	80
Linton Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.97	38
Charlotte Nursery and Infant SchoolIlkeston	0.97	75
Somercotes Infant and Nursery SchoolAlfreton	0.97	36
Melbourne Infant & Nursery SchoolDerby	0.97	34
Tibshelf Infant SchoolAlfreton	0.97	34
Ashbrook Infant SchoolDerby	0.97	30
Copthorne Community Infant SchoolAlfreton	0.97	29
Holmesdale Infant SchoolDronfield	0.97	29
Holmgate Primary School and NurseryChesterfield	0.97	29
Belmont Primary SchoolDerbyshire	0.96	56
The Mease Spencer AcademyHilton	0.96	28
Chinley Primary SchoolChinley	0.96	27
Loscoe CofE Primary School and NurseryHeanor	0.96	27
Waingroves Primary SchoolRipley	0.96	27
Church Gresley Infant and Nursery SchoolSwadlincote	0.96	76
William Gilbert Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolBelper	0.96	25
Chaucer Infant SchoolIlkeston	0.96	49
Ripley Infant SchoolRipley	0.95	44
Swanwick Primary SchoolAlfreton	0.95	44
William Rhodes Primary and Nursery SchoolChesterfield	0.95	22
Longwood Infant AcademyNottingham	0.95	21
Denby Free CofE VA Primary SchoolRipley	0.95	20
English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary AcademyNottingham	0.95	20
Ladycross Infant SchoolNottingham	0.95	40
The Curzon CofE Primary SchoolDerby	0.95	20
Three Trees Infant AcademySwadlincote	0.95	40
Whitwell Primary SchoolWorksop	0.95	20
St John's CofE Primary School and NurseryBelper	0.95	58
Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery SchoolAlfreton	0.95	19
Hartshorne CofE Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.94	18
Parklands Infant and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.94	35
Inkersall Spencer AcademyChesterfield	0.94	52
Unstone St Mary's Nursery & Infant SchoolDronfield	0.94	17
Walton Peak Flying High AcademyChesterfield	0.94	17
Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and NurseryRipley	0.94	50
Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery SchoolIlkeston	0.94	48
Creswell CofE Controlled Infant and NurseryWorksop	0.94	48
St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolBakewell	0.94	16
Ladywood Primary SchoolIlkeston	0.94	31
Scargill CofE Primary SchoolIlkeston	0.93	45
Long Row Primary SchoolBelper	0.93	29
St Giles CofE Primary SchoolDerbyshire	0.93	43
Anthony Bek Community Primary SchoolMansfield	0.93	28
Calow CofE VC Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.93	28
Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant AcademyChesterfield	0.93	14
Heath Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.93	41
St George's CofE Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.92	26
Duffield the Meadows Primary SchoolBelper	0.92	25
Newhall Infant SchoolSwadlincote	0.92	61
Dronfield Infant SchoolDronfield	0.92	59
Howitt Primary Community SchoolHeanor	0.91	35
Brailsford CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne	0.91	23
Brampton Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.91	22
Longford CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne	0.91	11
North Wingfield Primary and Nursery AcademyDerbyshire	0.91	44
Palterton Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.91	11
Clover Leys Spencer AcademyDerby	0.90	30
Crich Church of England Infant SchoolMatlock	0.90	10
Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolDERBY	0.90	10
William Levick Primary SchoolDronfield	0.90	30
Henry Bradley Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.89	46
Stanton Primary SchoolBurton-on-Trent	0.89	27
Holme Hall Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.88	17
Etwall Primary SchoolDerby	0.88	57
Chellaston Fields Spencer AcademyChellaston	0.88	16
Hasland Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.88	80
St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolIlkeston	0.88	8
Kilburn Infant and Nursery SchoolDerby	0.87	39
Poolsbrook Primary AcademyChesterfield	0.87	15
Highfield Hall Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.86	36
Langwith Bassett Primary AcademyMansfield	0.86	7
Penny Acres Primary SchoolDronfield	0.86	7
St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary SchoolDronfield	0.86	21
Temple Normanton Primary AcademyChesterfield	0.86	14
Westfield Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.85	54
Hilltop Primary AcademyAshbourne	0.85	20
Newbold CofE Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.85	26
Park House Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.85	26
Larklands Infant SchoolIlkeston	0.84	37
Hunloke Park Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.84	43
Dunston Primary and Nursery AcademyChesterfield	0.83	18
Kniveton CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne	0.83	12
Little Eaton Primary SchoolDerby	0.83	24
Model Village Primary SchoolMansfield	0.83	30
Stretton Handley Church of England Primary SchoolAlfreton	0.83	6
Richardson Endowed Primary SchoolIlkeston	0.83	29
Kirk Langley CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne	0.82	11
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyHigh Peak	0.82	11
Ashbourne Primary SchoolAshbourne	0.79	24
Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery SchoolChesterfield	0.79	19
Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery SchoolSwadlincote	0.79	38
Woodthorpe CofE Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.79	19
Thornsett Primary School (High Peak Federation)High Peak	0.78	9
Milford Primary SchoolBelper	0.77	13
Findern Primary SchoolDerby	0.77	30
Herbert Strutt Primary SchoolBelper	0.75	12
Marsh Lane Primary SchoolSheffield	0.74	19
Birk Hill Infant & Nursery SchoolEckington	0.73	11
Hulland CofE Primary & Nursery SchoolAshbourne	0.71	7
Barlow CofE Primary SchoolDronfield	0.70	10
Weston-on-Trent CofE (VA) Primary SchoolDerby	0.65	17
Brookfield Primary SchoolMansfield	0.52	25
Marston Montgomery Primary SchoolAshbourne	0.00	2

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

45 schools. 9 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Wilsthorpe SchoolNottingham	1.33	204
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyChesterfield	1.31	203
The Bolsover SchoolChesterfield	1.20	174
Chapel-en-le-Frith High SchoolHigh Peak	1.17	158
Granville AcademySwadlincote	1.12	182
David Nieper AcademyAlfreton	1.11	149
Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise AcademyIlkeston	1.09	208
Brookfield Community SchoolChesterfield	1.06	173
Anthony Gell SchoolMatlock	1.03	131
The Ripley AcademyRipley	1.00	149
John Flamsteed Community SchoolRipley	0.99	162
John Port Spencer AcademyDerby	0.99	384
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary AcademyBuxton	0.99	87
Tibshelf Community SchoolAlfreton	0.99	167
Belper School and Sixth Form CentreBelper	0.99	166
Highfields SchoolMatlock	0.99	214
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolAshbourne	0.98	177
Aldercar High SchoolNottingham	0.98	102
Heanor Gate Spencer AcademyHeanor	0.98	260
Dronfield Henry Fanshawe SchoolDronfield	0.98	301
Whittington Green SchoolChesterfield	0.98	125
Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary AcademyIlkeston	0.97	106
Springwell Community CollegeChesterfield	0.97	164
Swanwick Hall SchoolAlfreton	0.96	159
Hope Valley CollegeHope Valley	0.96	101
The Ecclesbourne SchoolBelper	0.96	239
Eckington SchoolSheffield	0.96	143
Shirebrook AcademyMansfield	0.96	165
Lady Manners SchoolBakewell	0.95	221
Tupton Hall SchoolChesterfield	0.94	279
St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary AcademyGlossop	0.94	102
Glossopdale School and Sixth FormGlossop	0.94	216
Parkside Community SchoolChesterfield	0.94	83
Frederick Gent SchoolAlfreton	0.94	160
Buxton Community SchoolBuxton	0.93	123
Outwood Academy Hasland HallChesterfield	0.92	165
Netherthorpe SchoolChesterfield	0.91	148
Outwood Academy NewboldChesterfield	0.87	150
New Mills SchoolHigh Peak	0.86	143
The Pingle AcademySwadlincote	0.86	204
Heritage High SchoolChesterfield	0.85	163
Kirk Hallam Community AcademyIlkeston	0.84	100
Mercia AcademySwadlincote	0.83	138
The Long Eaton SchoolNottingham	0.82	203
Friesland SchoolSandiacre	0.69	173