Asterdale Primary School, Derby

Ofsted's report card from its 17 March 2026 inspection grades Asterdale Primary School on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have clear systems in place to secure improvements in attendance."

Early years - Strong standard. "From the day that children start in the Nursery, they benefit from an ambitious and coherently sequenced curriculum."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have high aspiration for pupils with additional needs."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have created a positive and inclusive culture in the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Typically, pupils achieve well from their starting points."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal development curriculum is well sequenced and reflects the context of the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders need to ensure that the well-designed curriculum is taught consistently well in all subjects and year groups, so that pupils secure the knowledge and skills they need for their next steps"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils understand how the school's values that they follow in their behaviour and conduct link with fundamental British values. They should also ensure that pupils deepen their understanding of different world faiths".

In its own words: "Our aim at Asterdale Primary School is to give each child the best possible start in life. To achieve this, we believe in a balance between care and structure; focusing on the core elements, through wide-ranging and interesting learning activities; and between respect, care and consideration."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Where through our mission for 'everyday excellence' we aspire to deliver the highest possible standards for teaching & learning so that every child realises their full potential."

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at Asterdale Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 68% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Derby and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (83% in reading, 74% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Asterdale Primary School as their first choice and 43 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Asterdale Primary School are Borrow Wood Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 89% reading, 85% maths); Ashbrook Junior School (0.7 miles, 62% reading, 83% maths); Ashbrook Infant School (0.7 miles, Requires improvement); and St Werburgh's CofE Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 73% reading, 73% maths).

Asterdale Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Asterdale Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Odyssey Collaborative Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

36 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Asterdale Primary School (as of April 2026): 75% would recommend the school, 78% say their child is happy there and 57% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (81%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (56%).

7.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%) and Mixed (7%).

The nearest railway station is Spondon Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Milldale Road (n-bound), 170 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 87 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Derby (267).

In 2024/25, Asterdale Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.