Brackensdale Spencer Academy
Derby, DE22 4BS · Derby local authority
Derby’s School Grade C− better than 24% of towns in England
What stands out about Brackensdale Spencer Academy
- Its own letter, C: Key Stage 2 results better than 29% of England’s primary schools
- 55% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7 points below England’s schools
- Ofsted: Inspected, October 2024 (shown, not graded)
- 96% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (53 of 55)
- Homes in its postcode sector (DE22 4) sold for a median £220,000; Derby’s is £220,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 55%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 28% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Derby avg 56%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 104, maths 104 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 31 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
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.
How hard is it to get a place at Brackensdale Spencer Academy?
96% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2026 (2). 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. The Spencer Academies Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Derby council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
96% got their first choice
Derby and Derby, side by side
2023–2025All 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.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffe Field Primary School | A+ | 7% | 85% |
| Lawn Primary School | A | 9% | 80% |
| Gayton Junior School | A | 35% | 79% |
| Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School | A | 4% | 76% |
| Homefields Primary School | A | 6% | 76% |
| Mickleover Primary School | A− | 13% | 74% |
| St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy | A− | 25% | 74% |
| Silverhill Primary School | A− | 6% | 73% |
| Parkview Primary School | A− | 19% | 73% |
| St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy | A− | 23% | 73% |
| Hackwood Primary Academy | B+ | 27% | 70% |
| Wyndham Spencer Academy | B+ | 31% | 68% |
| Brookfield Primary School | B | 19% | 67% |
| St Werburgh's CofE Primary School | B | 17% | 67% |
| Wren Park Primary School | B | 10% | 65% |
| St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy | B− | 15% | 64% |
| Oakwood Junior School | B− | 49% | 64% |
| Markeaton Primary School | B− | 27% | 63% |
| Borrow Wood Primary School | B− | 31% | 62% |
| Redwood Primary School | B− | 47% | 61% |
| Portway Junior School | B− | 19% | 61% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy | C+ | 23% | 60% |
| Asterdale Primary School | C+ | 27% | 60% |
| Ashwood Spencer Academy | C+ | 63% | 59% |
| Cavendish Close Junior Academy | C | 38% | 57% |
| Cherry Tree Hill Primary School | C | 36% | 57% |
| Ravensdale Junior School | C | 37% | 57% |
| Meadow Farm Community Primary School | C | 52% | 56% |
| Chellaston Junior School | C | 30% | 56% |
| Zaytouna Primary School | C | 65% | 55% |
| Brackensdale Spencer Academy | C | 33% | 55% |
| St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy | C | 21% | 54% |
| Springfield Primary School | C | 35% | 54% |
| The Bemrose School | C− | 48% | 53% |
| Village Primary Academy | C− | 62% | 53% |
| St James' Church of England Aided Junior School | C− | 59% | 53% |
| Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and Nursery | C− | 38% | 52% |
| Reigate Park Primary Academy | C− | 38% | 50% |
| St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior School | C− | 34% | 50% |
| Grampian Primary Academy | C− | 53% | 49% |
| Chaddesden Park Primary School | C− | 34% | 49% |
| Shelton Junior School | D | 46% | 47% |
| Alvaston Junior Academy | D | 44% | 47% |
| Ash Croft Primary Academy | D | 43% | 45% |
| Dale Community Primary School | D | 56% | 44% |
| Landau Forte Academy Moorhead | D | 63% | 44% |
| Beaufort Primary School | D | 53% | 44% |
| Hardwick Primary School | D | 70% | 43% |
| Roe Farm Primary School | D | 52% | 41% |
| Ashgate Primary School | D | 36% | 41% |
| Lakeside Primary Academy | D | 46% | 41% |
| Becket Primary School | D | 54% | 39% |
| Allenton Primary School | D | 63% | 39% |
| Breadsall Hill Top Primary School | D | 53% | 39% |
| Cottons Farm Primary Academy | D− | 67% | 38% |
| Arboretum Primary School | D− | 66% | 36% |
| Firs Primary School | D− | 62% | 35% |
| Pear Tree Community Junior School | D− | 79% | 34% |
| Derwent Primary School | D− | 52% | 26% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025505 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.
Girls and boys
Brackensdale Spencer Academy’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
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.
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 inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), October 2024.
Living near Brackensdale Spencer Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in DE22 4, the school’s postcode sector
Derby property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in DE22 4 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
16 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Derby, DE22 4BS
Brackensdale Spencer Academy: common questions
Is Brackensdale Spencer Academy a good school?
By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 29% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C), with 55% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, October 2024.
How hard is it to get into Brackensdale Spencer Academy?
For September 2026, 55 families put Brackensdale Spencer Academy first and 53 of them were offered a place; 60 places were offered in all.
What is Brackensdale Spencer Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (October 2024).
How much do houses cost near Brackensdale Spencer Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, DE22 4, sold for a median £220,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (349 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.
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