Meadow Farm Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Meadow Farm Community Primary School is a primary school in Derby for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Meadow Farm 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, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 46 of the 61 other Derby primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 51.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 35.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby.
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
- Foyle Avenue, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 6TZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 155 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be a part of this happy and inclusive school, which is at the heart of the community.”
- “Staff greet pupils every day with a smile, and pupils respond well to the warm and positive relationships in school.”
- “They treat each other with kindness, which adults model every day.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of lessons, the tasks provided by staff do not always help pupils to understand and remember what was intended.”
- “Some pupils’ plans lack precision.”
- “Targets on their education, health and care (EHC) plans are not as clearly reflected in their school plans as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 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) | 61% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Cherry Tree Hill Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chaddesden Park Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Werburgh's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Cavendish Close Junior Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cavendish Close Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lakeside Primary Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published