Zaytouna Primary School
Primary · Free schools · 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 🔒
Zaytouna Primary School is a primary school in Derby for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Zaytouna Primary 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 |
|---|---|
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 46 of the 61 other Derby primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 64.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 57.3% 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
- 500 London Road, Derby, DE24 8WH
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 417 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 64.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this unique and inclusive school.”
- “There is a real sense of community spirit.”
- “Pupils enjoy opportunities to become active citizens.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the teaching does not yet ensure that all pupils develop a secure understanding of the knowledge they gain.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, this is not yet the case.”
- “On occasion, pupils do not receive books that support them well enough to become more confident and fluent readers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 November 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) | 56% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 54 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.
- St James' Church of England Aided Junior School 0.4 mi Good
- Rosehill Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Castleward Spencer Academy 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Aided Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Arboretum Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lakeside Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pear Tree Community Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Pear Tree Infant School 0.8 mi Good