Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · 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 🔒
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School is a primary school in Derby for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 June 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School 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
- For Reception 2026, there were 11 first-choice applications for 14 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 62 Derby primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 46 of the 61 other Derby primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 18.3 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 22.1 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
- Gordon Road, Gordon Road Normanton, Derby, DE23 6WR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 141 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 June 2023
Strengths
- “Derby St Chad’s is a happy school, where pupils feel safe.”
- “Pupils are supported to be confident.”
- “They understand and meet the high expectations set by staff.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils are absent too often.”
- “These pupils miss important aspects of their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 11 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 11 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Arboretum Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hardwick Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dale Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Firs Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Aided Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Becket Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Rosehill Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published