Littleover Community School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Derby
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Derby City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Littleover Community School is a secondary school in Derby for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2022. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Littleover Community 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 372 first-choice applications for 288 offers, 1.3 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 14 Derby secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 264 offers went to first-choice families, while 108 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 106 of the 1,012 applications for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Derby, and 27 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 58% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Pastures Hill, Littleover, Derby, DE23 4BZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 1,828 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 October 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders have high expectations.”
- “They have created an inclusive and academic culture.”
- “Leaders ensure that all pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve well.”
To improve
- “Some teachers do not routinely select approaches which help all pupils to learn the complex curriculum they have planned.”
- “Leaders do not always ensure that training provides all staff with the precise skills they need to further improve provision for pupils with SEND.”
- “Current strategies used to support pupils who need more help to read do not have as much impact as leaders would like.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 58% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 372 first-preference applications, 288 offers in total, 264 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derby.
- Derby Moor Spencer Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Murray Park Community School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Derby Cathedral School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- City of Derby Academy 2.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Landau Forte College 2.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- UTC Derby Pride Park 2.9 mi Good
- Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alvaston Moor Academy 3.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published