Murray Park Community School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · 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 🔒
Murray Park Community School is a secondary school in Derby for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Murray Park 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
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at all 13 other Derby secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 221 first-choice applications for 270 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 49 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 33% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Derby.
- Its 2024/25 Attainment 8 score was 40.6 (England 46).
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
- Murray Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 9LL
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 1,277 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils typically enjoy coming to school.”
- “They experience a welcoming environment, and staff know pupils as individuals.”
- “Teachers are attuned to any barriers that pupils may face to their learning and taking part in school life.”
To improve
- “Some pupils have gaps in their essential knowledge, including in relation to writing.”
- “There are occasions when leaders do not act as swiftly as they could to review and adapt the strategies that they have put in place to help pupils improve their attendance and behaviour.”
- “On these occasions, pupils do not make the rapid improvements that they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (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) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.6 | 46 |
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: 221 first-preference applications, 270 offers in total, 221 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.
- Littleover Community School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Derby Cathedral School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Derby Moor Spencer Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Landau Forte College 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Allestree Woodlands School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- UTC Derby Pride Park 3.0 mi Good
- City of Derby Academy 3.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published