Royal School for the Deaf Derby

State-Funded School

royal-school-for-the-deaf-derby-derby-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

DerbyLocal Authority

Derby NorthConstituency

DE22 3BHPostcode

1.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Royal School for the Deaf Derby is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Derby, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 127 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 9.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 10%
EBacc average point score: 0.58

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

127

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

79%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 127
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 11 December 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
1 May 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.