Derby Moor Spencer Academy
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 🔒
Derby Moor Spencer Academy is a secondary school in Derby for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 June 2022. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Derby Moor Spencer 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
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 239 first-choice applications for 296 offers; 214 offers went to first-choice families, and 25 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- The 2026 Year 7 figure of 0.8 first choices per offer was the 4th lowest of 14 Derby secondary schools, and 82 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 48% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Derby.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was average.
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
- Moorway Lane, Littleover, Derby, DE23 2FS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 1,740 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 June 2022
Strengths
- “Derby Moor Spencer Academy is a diverse and inclusive school.”
- “Many pupils and staff are of the view that everyone is accepted.”
- “Students in the sixth form said that the school celebrates differences which gives the school a ‘community feel’.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the activities chosen to help pupils learn do not precisely match what is set out in the curriculum.”
- “Sometimes these activities are not demanding enough, and pupils do not get the depth of knowledge they need.”
- “Some pupils and teachers have raised concerns about behaviour incidents between small numbers of pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 2022 (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) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.7 | 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: 239 first-preference applications, 296 offers in total, 214 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.
- Littleover Community School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- City of Derby Academy 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Murray Park Community School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Derby Cathedral School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- UTC Derby Pride Park 2.6 mi Good
- Landau Forte College 2.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Alvaston Moor Academy 3.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Noel-Baker Academy 3.3 mi Good Last distance published