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Firs Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Raven Street, Derby DE22 3WA · firsprimary.derby.sch.uk · 01332 346230
On the mapSearch near DE22 3WA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 30%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Derby 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 469
- 119 over 350 places · 134%
- Local authority
- Derby
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 62%
- First language not English
- 75.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 48 places were offered; 95% 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 | 48 | 37 | 0.8 | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 48 | 32 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 38 | 31 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 30% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ▼30% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼98 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 112778)
Ofsted
Firs Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 June 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 Jun 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jun 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112778), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112778)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (21 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 21
- 5% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 52% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied