St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · 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 John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Derby for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 October 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 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
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 61% was the 2nd highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby that have results.
- There were 17 first-choice applications for 17 Reception offers in 2026, 1.0 first choices per offer, and every applicant was offered a place.
- Here 21.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 43.9% 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
- Alvaston Street, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0PA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 179 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 October 2023
Strengths
- “St John Fisher is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils enjoy their learning and are happy.”
- “Pupils behave sensibly in class and around the school.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, teachers do not deliver the curriculum as well.”
- “Pupils do not achieve as highly in these subjects.”
- “However, there are limited opportunities for pupils to have wider experiences beyond the classroom.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 61% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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.
- Alvaston Infant and Nursery School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alvaston Junior Academy 0.3 mi Requires improvement
- Wyndham Spencer Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oakwood Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakwood Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Lakeside Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Landau Forte Academy Moorhead 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oak Grange Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published