Mickleover Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Mickleover Primary School is a primary school in Derby for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Mickleover 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
- Free school meal eligibility is 13.2% of pupils, below the middle figure of 24.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby.
- Reception 2026 drew 45 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 36 of the 199 Reception 2026 applications (18%) came from families living outside Derby, and 12 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Vicarage Road, Mickleover, Mickleover Primary School, Derby, DE3 0EY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 409 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Mickleover Primary School are happy and confident.”
- “Pupils spoken with during the inspection were keen to talk about how their teachers are kind and helpful and how they make learning enjoyable.”
- “Pupils are polite and respectful to adults and are kind and caring towards each other.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not develop a strong knowledge of these faiths.”
- “Some pupils need help to improve their attendance so that they do not miss out on these valuable experiences and learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 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) | 75% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 45 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.
- Silverhill Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brookfield Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ravensdale Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- Hackwood Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Wren Park Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Griffe Field Primary School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published