St Alban'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 Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Derby for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 March 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Alban'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, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 46 of the 61 other Derby primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the admission number for Reception 2027 is 45 places.
- Free school meal eligibility is 14% of pupils, against a middle figure of 47% 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
- Newstead Avenue, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 6NU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 321 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 March 2023
Strengths
- “St Alban’s is a happy and welcoming place.”
- “Pupils embrace the school’s motto of ‘learning, loving and living’.”
- “They are well cared for and are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, however, leaders have only recently mapped out the key knowledge pupils need to learn.”
- “However, assessment procedures are not fully embedded or consistent across all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 May 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) | 54% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Chaddesden Park Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadow Farm Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cavendish Close Junior Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cavendish Close Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cherry Tree Hill Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Roe Farm Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Derwent Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Breadsall Hill Top Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published