Akaal Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Akaal Primary School is a primary school in Derby for ages 2–11 (free schools). Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Akaal 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, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place; there were 21 first-choice applications for 22 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 5 of the 42 applications (12%) came from families living outside Derby, and 4 offers went to them.
- Of its pupils, 26.3% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 56.3% 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
- Grange Avenue, Derby, DE23 8DG
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Sikh
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 69% | 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, 22 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.
- Village Primary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ridgeway Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gayton Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Pear Tree Community Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Pear Tree Infant School 0.8 mi Good
- Dale Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cottons Farm Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published