Castleward Spencer Academy
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Derby
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Derby City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Castleward Spencer Academy is a primary school in Derby for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Castleward Spencer 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 | Not published |
| 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 in 2026, the school had 43 first-choice applications for 30 offers, which is 1.4 first choices per offer, the 4th highest of 62 Derby primary schools.
- For Reception in 2026, 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (33%) were not offered a place.
- 15.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 50.8% 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
- Canal Street, Derby, DE1 2RJ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 179 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “Castleward Spencer Academy is a haven for all pupils.”
- “As soon as the doors open each morning they start to learn.”
- “Leaders are passionate that each and every pupil will experience success.”
To improve
- “They know that many pupils have poor speech and language skills and find it hard to interact with their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 43 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 James' Church of England Aided Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rosehill Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Aided Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- Zaytouna Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Derwent Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Becket Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Arboretum Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published