Borrow Wood Primary School
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 🔒
Borrow Wood Primary School is a primary school in Derby for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Borrow Wood Primary 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
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 13% 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.
- For Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 29.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, with 19.3 pupils per teacher; middle figures across the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby are 35.2% and 21.6.
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
- Arundel Drive, Spondon, Derby, DE21 7QW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 276 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils at Borrow Wood Primary School.”
- “Pupils thrive because they understand and live out the expectations set by leaders.”
- “Pupils proudly demonstrate the school’s values of ‘Challenge, Honesty, Ownership, Inclusion, Care, Excellence (CHOICE)’.”
To improve
- “There are inconsistencies in the implementation of the school’s curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 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) | 75% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Asterdale Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Werburgh's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cherry Tree Hill Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chaddesden Park Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadow Farm Community Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cavendish Close Junior Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cavendish Close Infant School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published