Royal School for the Deaf Derby
Special / other · Derby · DE22 3BH
Data updated
Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists
Ofsted graded this school Good in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.
Inspected 26 March 2019
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127 pupils · 90% of 141 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Age range
- 3–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 90% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 97.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.rsdd.org.uk
- URN
- 113044
In figures
The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2019. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
GCSE results (2024/2025)
10 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means National averages are not shown here. The England figures are dominated by mainstream schools, and pupils at a special school are working towards outcomes those measures were not designed to capture, so the comparison would mislead more than it tells you.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Hearing Impairment
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 52% (Derby 64%, England 66%) · Any other White background 16% (Derby 4%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 7% (Derby 11%, England 4%) · Black African 7% (Derby 2%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Derby 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Derby 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Derby 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Derby 3%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Derby 1%, England 0%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Derby 0%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Derby 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Derby 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Derby 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Derby 0%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.91 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, special schools: 12.32 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Derby: 10.56 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 10 December 2024: Standards maintained
- 26 March 2019: Good
- 2 March 2017: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 29 September 2016: Requires improvement
- 20 January 2016: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 33.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 14.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 18.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 28% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 39.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 25.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 35.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 38.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 2.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 51.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 10.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 45% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013522 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £170,000328 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £143,000–£230,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 10an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 48an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 7an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted