Village Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Village Primary Academy is a primary school in Derby for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 October 2022. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Village Primary 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
- Reception 2026 had 61 first-choice applications for 61 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 700 pupils on roll in January 2026, with 24 pupils per teacher against a middle figure of 21.7 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
- Village Street, Normanton, Derby, DE23 8DF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 700 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school.”
- “Pupils talk enthusiastically about supporting one another and celebrating difference.”
- “The Pledge encourages them to be happy, healthy and active members of the community.”
To improve
- “There is not yet a broad offer of clubs beyond sporting activities.”
- “They are working to improve how learning in the early years connects with learning across the rest of the school.”
- “Some of the support these pupils receive does not always help them to become fluent readers as quickly as they should so that they can keep up with their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 November 2022 (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: 61 first-preference applications, 61 offers in total, 60 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.
- Akaal Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pear Tree Community Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- Pear Tree Infant School 0.5 mi Good
- Hardwick Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dale Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Arboretum Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ridgeway Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published