West Park School
Secondary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
West Park School is a secondary school in Derby for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 June 2025. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
West Park 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
- 27.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 48.9% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Derby.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 296 first-choice applications for 279 offers; 276 offers went to first-choice families and 20 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 2026 entry, 84 of the 461 applications (18%) came from families living outside Derby; 64 offers went to them.
- 52% reached grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), the 2nd highest of 9 Derby secondary schools: this one and the 8 nearest.
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
- West Road, Spondon, Derby, DE21 7BT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 1,454 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at this caring school.”
- “The school has high expectations of what pupils can accomplish.”
- “Most pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve well at the end of key stage 4.”
To improve
- “However, this is not done consistently well in some subjects.”
- “When this is the case, pupils’ misconceptions or learning gaps are not identified or addressed.”
- “As a result, in some subjects, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 July 2025 (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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.7 | 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: 296 first-preference applications, 279 offers in total, 276 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.
- Lees Brook Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Da Vinci Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- UTC Derby Pride Park 2.0 mi Good
- Landau Forte College 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Alvaston Moor Academy 2.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Noel-Baker Academy 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Derby Cathedral School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published