Drakelow Park Flying High Academy, Derbyshire
Drakelow Park Flying High Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Derbyshire, part of Flying High Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Derbyshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Drakelow Park Flying High Academy in detail
Getting a place at Drakelow Park Flying High Academy
Across Derbyshire, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Derbyshire lodged 161 appeals against primary school offers; 108 reached a hearing and 13 succeeded (12% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Drakelow Park Flying High Academy are River View Primary and Nursery School (0.9 miles); Rykneld Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 92% reading, 92% maths); Edge Hill Academy (1.4 miles, Good, 78% reading, 77% maths); and Lift Anglesey (1.5 miles, Good, 88% reading, 92% maths).
River View Primary and Nursery SchoolRykneld Primary SchoolEdge Hill AcademyLift Anglesey
The trust
Drakelow Park Flying High Academy is one of 39 schools run by Flying High Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Burton-on-Trent Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Drakelow Park (adjacent), 380 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Drakelow Park Flying High Academy are Paget High School (0.8 miles), Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy (1.5 miles) and Paulet High School (1.6 miles).
Paget High SchoolBlessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary AcademyPaulet High School
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
No inspection data available
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Drakelow Park Flying High Academy
Term dates
Drakelow Park Flying High Academy is a free school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Derbyshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Drakelow Park Flying High Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Drakelow Park Flying High Academy is in Derbyshire; for families living there:
- Derbyshire's school travel policy: Home to school transport policy 2026 to 2027 - 465KB
- How to apply: Apply for home to school transport assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Derbyshire is 6 (the median across 454 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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- The straight-line distance from your home to Drakelow Park Flying High Academy.
- We hold no last distance offered figures from Derbyshire, so the report covers demand, alternatives and dates.
- How many families in Derbyshire got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
- The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
- Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Derbyshire
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Derbyshire
Across Derbyshire council
Places available
9,875
Applications
7,189
Got 1st preference
94.5%
Got preferred school
99.2%
All primary applications across Derbyshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Drakelow Park Flying High Academy
Questions parents ask about Drakelow Park Flying High Academy
What is the catchment area for Drakelow Park Flying High Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Drakelow Park Flying High Academy is oversubscribed, Derbyshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Drakelow Park Flying High Academy?
Apply through Derbyshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Drakelow Park Flying High Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Drakelow Park Flying High Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Derbyshire is 6 (the median across 454 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Drakelow Park Flying High Academy?
Drakelow Park Flying High Academy is at Marley Way, Drakelow, Derbyshire, DE15 9WQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)