Highfields Spencer Academy
Tutbury Avenue, Derby, DE23 3UX
258 pupils · 97% of 266 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Free school meals
- 22.9%
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 3 June 2025, published 9 July 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.1 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 33 | 61 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 29 | 29 | 59 | 29 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 38 | 67 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 49 | 71 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 54 | 80 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 30 | 31 | 58 | 30 |
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
- Griffe Field Primary School 1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy 1.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Brookfield Primary School 1.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Gayton Junior School 1.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.9 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Ridgeway Infant School 1.9 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.