Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School, Derby
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 7 in Derby, part of Derby Diocesan Academy Trust. It has a Church of England religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in June 2023. It was 99% full in 2025.
- Ofsted
- Good (2023)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Derby (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School in detail
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School in its own words
In its own words: "Our school vision takes inspiration from and is deeply rooted in the Greatest Commandment: "Love God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and love your neighbour as yourself". We are an inclusive school and our vision, though distinctively Christian, welcomes and values all faiths and cultures within our diverse school community."
The school runs after-school care.
Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting a place at Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School
For September 2026 entry, 11 families put Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School as their first choice and 31 named it as one of their preferences, for 14 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School are St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.2 miles, Good, 75% reading, 78% maths); Arboretum Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 57% reading, 60% maths); Hardwick Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 58% reading, 46% maths); and Dale Community Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 59% reading, 64% maths).
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyArboretum Primary SchoolHardwick Primary SchoolDale Community Primary School
The trust
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School is one of 33 schools run by Derby Diocesan Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Who goes there
39.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 93.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are Asian (52%), Black (9%) and other ethnic groups (5%).
In 2026, 32 pupils (22.7%) received SEN support and 8 (5.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Staffing
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Derby Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mount Carmel Street (adjacent), 80 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 1234 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derby (267), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School are Derby Cathedral School (0.8 miles), The Bemrose School (0.9 miles), UTC Derby Pride Park (1 mile) and Landau Forte College (1.2 miles).
Derby Cathedral SchoolThe Bemrose SchoolUTC Derby Pride ParkLandau Forte College
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Derby St Chad's is a happy school, where pupils feel safe. Pupils are supported to be confident. They are motivated to learn. They understand and meet the high expectations set by staff. Pupils proudly demonstrate the school's values of 'love, friendship, compassion and respect'. Leaders ensure that pupils are prepared for the next stage in their education and for life in modern Britain.
Relationships between pupils and adults are very positive. Pupils are respectful and kind to each other. They say that bullying is rare, and dealt with quickly by staff when it does happen. Pupils contribute to the life of the school. They take their responsibilities seriously, for example as members of the school council and as reading buddies.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
Leaders have constructed an ambitious curriculum for all pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders have successfully developed the curriculum for mixed-age classes. Leaders ensure that most subject curriculum plans identify the key knowledge that pupils need to learn and when. Leaders make sure that teachers' subject knowledge is secure. Teachers deliver the planned curriculum effectively in most subjects.
Teachers regularly check what pupils have learned and know. Teachers identify and address gaps in pupils' knowledge. Teachers provide pupils with regular memory tasks to revisit what has been learned previously. Teachers focus strongly on key vocabulary in most subjects.
From Ofsted's June 2023 inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its June 2023 inspection.
Rated Outstanding for
Personal development.
Rated Good for
Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management, Early years.
At a Glance
39.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
23.0
Avg class size
24.0
Infant (KS1)
2
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School.
- Genius Tuition Holiday Club Derby340m away · Not yet graded
- RCCG Solid Rock Derby550m away · Not yet graded
- Y-Kidz Holiday Activity and Food programme Dale Community Primary school650m away · Not yet graded
Nurseries
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School, with their latest published grades:
- Shining Stars Nursery - Pre-school, 0.2 milesOfsted, 13 February 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Rosehill Day Nursery EYC Limited - Day nursery, 0.2 miles
- St. Joseph's RC Pre School - Pre-school, 0.2 milesOfsted, 13 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Happy Hearts Learning - Day nursery, 0.3 miles
- Positive Steps Childcare LTD - Pre-school, 0.3 milesOfsted report card, 14 September 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
Term dates
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Derby's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 123
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 16
- Children hurt
- 16
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 123 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 16 serious and 107 slight.
16 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 9 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 5 in a vehicle or otherwise.
20 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Derby is 24 (the median across 119 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School
Will you get a place at Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School?
For 2026 entry it had 11 first choices for 14 places. The report sets your home postcode against these figures.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
99%
Near capacity
119 pupils
120 places
1 spare place in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Across Derby council
Places available
3,564
Applications
2,643
Got 1st preference
94.4%
Got preferred school
99.1%
All primary applications across Derby council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Future places in the local planning area
DfE estimates the Cluster 2 Primary planning area (Derby) will need 105 more primary places than it is due to have in 2027/28.
Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics
Inspection History(2)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
32
SEN Support
8
EHC Plans
28.4%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
141
Total Pupils
68
Boys
73
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
8
Teachers
17.6:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£50,534
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£7,390
Per pupil
£1037k
Total funding
£118k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
9.8%
Overall absence
27.9%
Persistent absence
86
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School
Questions parents ask about Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School
What is Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in June 2023. At its previous graded inspection in 2017 it was rated Requires Improvement.
Is it hard to get a place at Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School?
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School was close to full in 2025, at 99% of its 120 places.
How big are the classes at Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School?
Classes at Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School average 23 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School?
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School has around 141 pupils on roll. 40% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School?
9.8% of sessions were missed at Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School in 2024/25. 27.9% of pupils were persistently absent.
Does Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists 3 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School: Genius Tuition Holiday Club Derby (340m away, registered, not yet graded), RCCG Solid Rock Derby (550m away, registered, not yet graded) and Y-Kidz Holiday Activity and Food programme Dale Community Primary school (650m away, registered, not yet graded).
How many road collisions happen near Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 123 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 16 serious and 107 slight. 16 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 9 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 5 in a vehicle or otherwise. 20 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Derby is 24 (the median across 119 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School?
Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School is at Gordon Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6WR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)