Oak Grange Primary School
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 🔒
Oak Grange Primary School is a primary school in Derby for ages 3–11 (free schools). Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Oak Grange 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 | 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 2026 there were 41 first-choice applications for 45 offers, which is 0.9 first choices per offer, the 10th lowest of 62 Derby primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 39 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place; 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 28 of the 74 applications (38%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Derby, and 17 offers went to them.
- 13.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby is 30.7%.
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
- Stubble Road, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0BL
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 116 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe at Oak Grange.”
- “They thrive because they receive a high quality of education and care.”
- “Pupils are proud to learn the ‘GROW’ curriculum, as they become ‘global citizens’ with the ‘right attitudes for life’.”
To improve
- “Pupils' achievement in writing is less secure than in reading and mathematics.”
- “The actions taken to improve pupils’ writing skills are appropriate but are still in the early stages of being implemented.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 41 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 39 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.
- Oakwood Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- Oakwood Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wyndham Spencer Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Landau Forte Academy Moorhead 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alvaston Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alvaston Junior Academy 0.8 mi Requires improvement
- Chellaston Infant School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chellaston Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good