St James' Church of England Aided Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–7 · 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 🔒
St James' Church of England Aided Infant School is a primary school in Derby for ages 2–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St James' Church of England Aided Infant 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
- There were 18 first-choice applications for 19 offers for Reception in 2026, or 0.9 first choices per offer, the 19th lowest of 62 Derby primary schools.
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 46 of the 61 other Derby primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 16.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 50.8% 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
- Leonard Street, Derby, DE23 8EG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 129 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming, inclusive school at the heart of its community.”
- “They know that they can talk to an adult if anything is worrying them.”
- “Most pupils meet these high expectations.”
To improve
- “On occasion, a small number of pupils do not concentrate on their learning as well as they could.”
- “When this happens, their off-task behaviour is not always addressed by staff.”
- “However, the goals set for a few pupils are not precise enough to ensure that they make the most of each lesson.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 18 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.
- Rosehill Infant and Nursery School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Aided Junior School 0.3 mi Good
- St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castleward Spencer Academy 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Arboretum Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Becket Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hardwick Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published