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Springfield Primary School

PrimaryAges 4–11Academy

Derby, DE21 7AB · Derby local authority

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

Its letter
26%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
23/24
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
324 pupils
94% of its 344 places
Free school meals
35%
35 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Springfield Primary School

  • Its own letter, C: Key Stage 2 results better than 26% of England’s primary schools
  • 54% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8 points below England’s schools
  • 35% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • 96% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (23 of 24)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DE21 7) sold for a median £225,000; Derby’s is £220,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 54%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 26% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Derby avg 56%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Springfield Primary 54%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 107, maths 104 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading77%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)74%
England’s schools 73%
Maths77%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling74%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 21 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
52%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
88%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three11%
England’s schools 8% · Derby 7% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Springfield Primary School?

96% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

24
families put it first for September 2026
24
places offered
96%
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
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (9), 2021 (4), 2022 (1), 2023 (6), 2026 (1). 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. Odyssey Collaborative Trust 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
Springfield Primary
1.00 per place
96% got their first choice

Derby and Derby, side by side

2023–2025

All 59 graded primaries in Derby. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Derby’s schools are coloured by their letter.

25%36%47%58%69%80%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Springfield
ABCDElsewhere in DerbySpringfield Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Griffe Field Primary SchoolA+7%85%
Lawn Primary SchoolA9%80%
Gayton Junior SchoolA35%79%
Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary SchoolA4%76%
Homefields Primary SchoolA6%76%
Mickleover Primary SchoolA−13%74%
St George's Catholic Voluntary AcademyA−25%74%
Silverhill Primary SchoolA−6%73%
Parkview Primary SchoolA−19%73%
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyA−23%73%
Hackwood Primary AcademyB+27%70%
Wyndham Spencer AcademyB+31%68%
Brookfield Primary SchoolB19%67%
St Werburgh's CofE Primary SchoolB17%67%
Wren Park Primary SchoolB10%65%
St Alban's Catholic Voluntary AcademyB−15%64%
Oakwood Junior SchoolB−49%64%
Markeaton Primary SchoolB−27%63%
Borrow Wood Primary SchoolB−31%62%
Redwood Primary SchoolB−47%61%
Portway Junior SchoolB−19%61%
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyC+23%60%
Asterdale Primary SchoolC+27%60%
Ashwood Spencer AcademyC+63%59%
Cavendish Close Junior AcademyC38%57%
Cherry Tree Hill Primary SchoolC36%57%
Ravensdale Junior SchoolC37%57%
Meadow Farm Community Primary SchoolC52%56%
Chellaston Junior SchoolC30%56%
Zaytouna Primary SchoolC65%55%
Brackensdale Spencer AcademyC33%55%
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary AcademyC21%54%
Springfield Primary SchoolC35%54%
The Bemrose SchoolC−48%53%
Village Primary AcademyC−62%53%
St James' Church of England Aided Junior SchoolC−59%53%
Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and NurseryC−38%52%
Reigate Park Primary AcademyC−38%50%
St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior SchoolC−34%50%
Grampian Primary AcademyC−53%49%
Chaddesden Park Primary SchoolC−34%49%
Shelton Junior SchoolD46%47%
Alvaston Junior AcademyD44%47%
Ash Croft Primary AcademyD43%45%
Dale Community Primary SchoolD56%44%
Landau Forte Academy MoorheadD63%44%
Beaufort Primary SchoolD53%44%
Hardwick Primary SchoolD70%43%
Roe Farm Primary SchoolD52%41%
Ashgate Primary SchoolD36%41%
Lakeside Primary AcademyD46%41%
Becket Primary SchoolD54%39%
Allenton Primary SchoolD63%39%
Breadsall Hill Top Primary SchoolD53%39%
Cottons Farm Primary AcademyD−67%38%
Arboretum Primary SchoolD−66%36%
Firs Primary SchoolD−62%35%
Pear Tree Community Junior SchoolD−79%34%
Derwent Primary SchoolD−52%26%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

329 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
10.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
16.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
5.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
35%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

Springfield Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths CBetter than 26% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

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

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, June 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Springfield Primary School

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

Home prices in DE21 7, the school’s postcode sector

Derby property prices →
£225,000
median sale, 487 sales in 36 months · Derby £220,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025DE21 7Derby
DE21 7Derby

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£270K
Semi-detached
£223K
Terraced
£179K
Flat
£119K
DE21 7Derby

Homes in DE21 7 sell for about the same as 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

11 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCC+CCC−B−B−C+CBCSpringfield Primary School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Derby, DE21 7AB

Springfield Primary School: common questions

Is Springfield Primary School a good school?

By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 26% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C), with 54% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, June 2023.

How hard is it to get into Springfield Primary School?

For September 2026, 24 families put Springfield Primary School first and 23 of them were offered a place; 24 places were offered in all.

What is Springfield Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2023).

How much do houses cost near Springfield Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, DE21 7, sold for a median £225,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (487 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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