Cottons Farm Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Cottons Farm Primary Academy is a primary school in Derby for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Cottons Farm 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
- Of its pupils, 64.7% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 38.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 46 of the 61 other Derby primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 4 first-choice applications for 5 offers: 0.8 first choices per offer, 6th lowest of 62 Derby primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Sheridan Street, Sinfin, Derby, DE24 9HG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 133 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 64.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Cottons Farm Primary Academy is an absolute haven for pupils and their families.”
- “This culturally rich and diverse school has a wonderfully open and positive culture of care and respect.”
- “Pupils are known extremely well.”
To improve
- “However, because of these complex starting points, they do not always achieve the standards expected in national tests.”
- “Teaching across the curriculum is consistently effective in most subjects, but not yet in all.”
- “In a few subjects, there are not enough well-planned checks in place to make sure that pupils’ learning gaps are fully addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 2025 (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) | 42% | 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: 4 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 4 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.
- Redwood Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grampian Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Akaal Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ash Croft Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Village Primary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gayton Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Ridgeway Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published