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St Werburgh's CofE Primary School

PrimaryAges 4–11AcademyChurch of England

Derby, DE21 7LL · Derby local authority

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

Its letter
63%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
27/27
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
281 pupils
89% of its 315 places
Free school meals
17%
17 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about St Werburgh's CofE Primary School

  • Its own letter, B: Key Stage 2 results better than 63% of England’s primary schools
  • 67% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5 points above England’s schools
  • Ofsted: Good, March 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (27 of 27)
  • 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 67%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 63% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Derby avg 56%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%St Werburgh's CofE Primary 67%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 104 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading73%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)77%
England’s schools 73%
Maths73%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling65%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 11 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
27%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
76%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three17%
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 St Werburgh's CofE Primary School?

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

27
families put it first for September 2026
32
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
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (1), 2020 (3). 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 Diocesan Academy 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
St Werburgh's CofE Primary
0.84 per place
100% 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 →St Werburgh's CofE
ABCDElsewhere in DerbySt Werburgh's CofE 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

287 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
11.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.1%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
4.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
17.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 53%Boys 47%
Its letter

St Werburgh's CofE Primary School’s letter

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

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths BBetter than 63% 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.

Graded inspection: Good, March 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near St Werburgh's CofE 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

14 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCC+CCCC−B−CB−C+CB+BSt Werburgh's CofE Primary …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Derby, DE21 7LL

St Werburgh's CofE Primary School: common questions

Is St Werburgh's CofE Primary School a good school?

By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 63% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B), with 67% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, March 2024.

How hard is it to get into St Werburgh's CofE Primary School?

For September 2026, 27 families put St Werburgh's CofE Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 32 places were offered in all.

What is St Werburgh's CofE Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2024).

How much do houses cost near St Werburgh's CofE 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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