Portway Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Derby
Portway Infant School is a primary school in Derby for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Woodlands Road, Allestree, Derby, DE22 2HE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 168 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their warm and welcoming school.”
- “They appreciate the school’s efforts to care for them and keep them safe.”
- “When they start school, pupils quickly learn the ‘golden rules’ and understand the importance of being, ‘ready, respectful and safe’.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, pupils say that learning is too easy and that they are ready to move on to new learning sooner than they do.”
- “However, information about the impact of these additional sessions is not always used well to make sure that pupils are becoming fluent readers.”
- “However, this information is not always used well to ensure that the learning activities are closely matched to pupils’ needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 36 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2024 to 2026, as Derby published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derby.
- Portway Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Lawn Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Markeaton Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beaufort Primary School 1.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Ashgate Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Breadsall Hill Top Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published