Cottons Farm Primary Academy
Sheridan Street, Derby, DE24 9HG
133 pupils · 88% of 152 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- THE HARMONY TRUST LTD
- Local authority
- Derby
- Free school meals
- 66.7%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 8 July 2025, published 17 September 2025. 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 | 42% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“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 — 0.8 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 9 | 9 | 19 | 9 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 10 | 10 | 19 | 10 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 12 | 12 | 23 | 12 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 9 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 12 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 18 | 18 | 32 | 18 |
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
- Redwood Primary School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Grampian Primary Academy 1 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Akaal Primary School 1.3 km · Requires improvement (2022) · previous system
- Ash Croft Primary Academy 1.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Stenson Fields Primary Community School 1.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Village Primary Academy 1.6 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · 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.