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Wyndham Spencer Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Wyndham Street, Alvaston, Derby DE24 0EP · wyndhamspencer.org.uk · 01332 571153
On the mapSearch near DE24 0EP
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Derby 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 452
- 95% of 474 places
- Local authority
- Derby
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.3%
- First language not English
- 34.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 64 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 91% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 72 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Derby it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Wyndham Spencer Academy on 11 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (62 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 62
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (24%) with SEND