City of Derby Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
City of Derby Academy is a secondary school in Derby for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
City of Derby 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 |
|---|---|
| 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
- 57.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 39.2% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Derby.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 112 first-choice applications for 178 offers, or 0.6 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 14 Derby secondary schools.
- In 2026 every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place, and 66 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- 26% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Farmhouse Road, Sinfin, Derby, DE24 3AR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 925 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “Most pupils feel safe in school.”
- “Staff greet them warmly each morning.”
- “Pupils' attendance has recently improved and they now attend school far more regularly and arrive punctually to both school and lessons.”
To improve
- “Many pupils trust staff to respond to their concerns, but the systems in place to ensure pupils' safety and wellbeing are not robust enough.”
- “However, some pupils still lack confidence that the school will act quickly enough when issues arise.”
- “Pupils have mixed experiences of learning because the quality of teaching varies too much.”
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 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) | 26% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 34.8 | 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: 112 first-preference applications, 178 offers in total, 112 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.
- Derby Moor Spencer Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Littleover Community School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Alvaston Moor Academy 2.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Noel-Baker Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Chellaston Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- UTC Derby Pride Park 3.0 mi Good
- Derby Cathedral School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Murray Park Community School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published