Murray Park Community School

Murray Road, Derby, DE3 9LL

1,277 pupils · 91% of 1,400 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Foundation school
Ages
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Local authority
Derby
Free school meals
30.8%

Ofsted

Good (2022)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 21 September 2022, published 17 October 2022. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score40.6
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)33.3%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)54%
Entering the English Baccalaureate42.7%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available 0.82 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry270221424241
Sept 2025 entry271233417262
Sept 2024 entry249214353246
Sept 2023 entry265217355247
Sept 2022 entry218199324218
Sept 2021 entry217177296195
Sept 2020 entry196142253168
Sept 2019 entry199141281170

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

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.