Dale Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Derby
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Derby City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dale Community Primary School is a primary school in Derby for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Dale Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 46 of the 61 other Derby primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026, there were 57 first-choice applications for 59 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Derby schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Porter Road, Derby, DE23 6NL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 545 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at this friendly, welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils appreciate the care and support that they receive from the school.”
- “They know the school will help with any worries they may have.”
To improve
- “In some lessons, however, the precise knowledge that pupils will learn is not clear.”
- “Pupils are not as confident discussing their knowledge in a small number of subjects.”
- “The impact of this is yet to be seen.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 57 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 57 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derby.
- Hardwick Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Firs Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Arboretum Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Village Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pear Tree Community Junior School 0.7 mi Good