Denby Free CofE VA Primary School
Church Street, Ripley, DE5 8PH
113 pupils · 81% of 140 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Free school meals
- 9.7%
Ofsted
Requires improvement (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 7 June 2023, published 26 July 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 80% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 15% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 20 | 19 | 44 | 20 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 14 | 12 | 37 | 14 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 13 | 12 | 34 | 13 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 20 | 21 | 47 | 20 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 12 | 11 | 47 | 12 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 19 | 19 | 50 | 19 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 17 | 17 | 47 | 17 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 20 | 16 | 50 | 20 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Horsley Woodhouse Primary School 1.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Kilburn Junior School 2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Kilburn Infant and Nursery School 2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Richardson Endowed Primary School 2.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Street Lane Primary School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Loscoe CofE Primary School and Nursery 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.