St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Derby for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 January 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary 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
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 41 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 8th lowest of 62 Derby primary schools; every applicant was offered a place.
- Here 22.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, with 25.4 pupils per teacher; the middle figures for the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby are 26.6% and 23.8.
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
- Broadway, Derby, DE22 1AU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 394 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils show kindness and respect to each other.”
- “They are keen to play a positive role in their community.”
- “Pupils live up to teachers’ high expectations.”
To improve
- “This is done more skilfully in some subjects than in others.”
- “The impact of the school fire has been particularly significant for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “All pupils have experienced a great deal of disruption.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 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) | 67% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 35 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.
- Lawn Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Markeaton Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Ashgate Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Portway Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Portway Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beaufort Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Derwent Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published