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Portway Infant School

PrimaryAges 5–7Community

Derby, DE22 2HE · Derby local authority

Derby’s School Grade C− better than 24% of towns in England

Getting in
36/36
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
168 pupils
93% of its 180 places
Free school meals
21%
21 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Portway Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, September 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (36 of 36)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DE22 2) sold for a median £320,000; Derby’s is £220,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Portway Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

36
families put it first for September 2026
40
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Derby council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Derby council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Derby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.77 per place
55% got their first choice
1.58 per place
61% got their first choice
1.53 per place
61% got their first choice
1.43 per place
67% got their first choice
1.33 per place
73% got their first choice
1.18 per place
80% got their first choice
1.10 per place
85% got their first choice
1.08 per place
89% got their first choice
1.07 per place
90% got their first choice
Portway Infant
0.90 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

173 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
15%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
5.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
14.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 47%Boys 53%
Its letter

No letter for Portway Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, September 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Portway Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in DE22 2, the school’s postcode sector

Derby property prices →
£320,000
median sale, 739 sales in 36 months · Derby £220,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025DE22 2Derby
DE22 2Derby

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£365K
Semi-detached
£280K
Terraced
£245K
Flat
£84K
DE22 2Derby

Homes in DE22 2 sell for well over Derby’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−B−B−B−AA−B−APortway Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Derby, DE22 2HE

Portway Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Portway Infant School?

For September 2026, 36 families put Portway Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 40 places were offered in all.

What is Portway Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2023).

How much do houses cost near Portway Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, DE22 2, sold for a median £320,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (739 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Derby’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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