Allestree Woodlands School
Secondary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Allestree Woodlands School is a secondary school in Derby for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 April 2024. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Allestree Woodlands 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 entry in 2026 there were 202 first-choice applications for 231 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 6th highest of 14 Derby secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 198 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (2%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 62 of the 494 applications (13%) came from families living outside Derby, and 18 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 46.5 (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
- Blenheim Drive, Allestree, Derby, DE22 2LW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 1,373 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 April 2024
Strengths
- “This is a highly inclusive school.”
- “The school’s core values of courage, optimism, regard, and endeavour are a key part of school life.”
- “Adults and pupils show mutual respect to each other.”
To improve
- “In a minority of subject areas, however, this continues to develop.”
- “However, some pupil groups still do not attend as regularly as they should.”
- “Leaders know that this creates gaps in learning for some pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 2024 (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) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 202 first-preference applications, 231 offers in total, 198 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.
- Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Landau Forte College 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Derby Cathedral School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Da Vinci Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Murray Park Community School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- UTC Derby Pride Park 3.3 mi Good
- Lees Brook Academy 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Littleover Community School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published