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Schools in Derbyshire

447 schools in the Derbyshire local authority.

Schools

447

Open schools

Pupils

108,815

2025–26 census

Good or better

92%

326 of 354 graded

Academic Performance

4.6

out of 10 · 405 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
16 5%
Good
310 88%
Requires improvement
23 6%
Inadequate
5 1%
48 inspected since 2024, no overall grade35 superseded by a report card45 not judged6 in a category of concern6 safeguarding not effective
4.6
Academic Performance

Averaged over 405 of 447 schools that can be scored

Pupils

108,815

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 439 of 447 schools (108,815 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
90%
Asian
2%
Black
2%
Mixed
4%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 412 of 447 schools (105,563 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
30.4%

32,086 of 105,563 pupils · 412 of 447 schools

First language not English
4.9%

5,198 of 105,563 pupils · 412 of 447 schools

Young carers
<1%

367 of 105,065 pupils · 404 of 447 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
356
Secondary
46
All-through
3
Special
16
Nursery
8
PRU
3
Not recorded
15

Top primary schools in Derbyshire

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Derbyshire

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 447 schools in Derbyshire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Derbyshire

How many schools are there in Derbyshire?
Derbyshire has 447 open schools — 356 primary, 46 secondary, 16 special, 8 nursery, teaching 108,815 pupils in total.
How many schools in Derbyshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
326 of the 354 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 16 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 447: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Derbyshire?
4.6 out of 10, averaged across the 405 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Derbyshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
93 schools in Derbyshire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Derbyshire local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Derbyshire covers 447 schools and sits in the East Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Derbyshire are eligible for free school meals?
30.4% — 32,086 of 105,563 pupils at the 412 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the East Midlands region.