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St Giles' Spencer Academy

Special schoolAges 4–11Academy

Derby, DE21 6BT · Derby local authority

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

How full
149 pupils
127% of its 117 places
Free school meals
62%
62 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about St Giles' Spencer Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 149 pupils for 117 places
  • 62% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DE21 6) sold for a median £185,000; Derby’s is £220,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

148 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
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
31.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
58.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 23%Boys 77%
Its letter

No letter for St Giles' Spencer Academy

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

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 Outstanding, May 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near St Giles' Spencer Academy

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

Home prices in DE21 6, the school’s postcode sector

Derby property prices →
£185,000
median sale, 503 sales in 36 months · Derby £220,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025DE21 6Derby
DE21 6Derby

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£230K
Semi-detached
£185K
Terraced
£164K
Flat
£87K
DE21 6Derby

Homes in DE21 6 sell for well under 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

19 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−A+DA−A−B−ACDD−DCC−A−B−DASt Giles' Spencer Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Derby, DE21 6BT

St Giles' Spencer Academy: common questions

What is St Giles' Spencer Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (May 2024).

How much do houses cost near St Giles' Spencer Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, DE21 6, sold for a median £185,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (503 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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.