Portway Junior School, Derby

From the headteacher's welcome: "Portway Junior School is part of the Odyssey Collaborative Trust. We work closely with the other schools within our Trust for the benefit of all our pupils and staff. We also have strong, established relationships with Portway Infant School, our main feeder school."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils at Portway Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Derby and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 81% in reading and 81% in maths in 2024.

Across Derby, 94% 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 Derby lodged 312 appeals against primary school offers; 223 reached a hearing and 35 succeeded (15.7% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Portway Junior School are Portway Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 85% reading, 81% maths); Lawn Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 89% reading, 89% maths); and The Curzon CofE Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 73% reading, 55% maths).

Portway Junior School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Portway Junior 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.

7.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 66 pupils (22.2%) received SEN support and 8 (2.7%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Duffield (Ecclesbourne Valley Railway), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Blenheim Parade (opposite), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Portway Junior School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 56 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, Portway Junior School issued 4 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Portway Junior School are Allestree Woodlands School (0.3 miles); and Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.8 miles).