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Arboretum Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Corden Street, Derby DE23 8GP · arboretum.derby.sch.uk · 01332 291140
On the mapSearch near DE23 8GP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 29%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Derby 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 607
- 22 over 585 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Derby
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 65.7%
- First language not English
- 95.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 72 families put the school first and 73 places were offered; 100% 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 | 73 | 72 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 75 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 74 | 74 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 72 | 68 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 75 | 87 | 1.2▲ | 86% |
Results
In 2024/25, 29% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼29% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 112792)
Ofsted
Arboretum Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 3 Jul 2024
- 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: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Apr 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112792), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112792)
Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112792)
Sept 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112792)
What parents said
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Replies
- 16
- 3% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on the 69% who had a child bullied