With primary school National Offer Day on April 16 quickly approaching, hundreds of families across Derbyshire are impatiently waiting to find out if their little ones will be able to attend their chosen infant or primary school in September 2026.
We have created a ranking of top performing Derbyshire primary schools, based on the latest Department of Education data.
The data includes Key Stage 2 performance scores based on pupils’ SAT results in the 2024/25 school year.
We have ranked the schools based on the proportion of students achieving at a ‘higher standard’ in the 2024/25 school year.
Pupils achieve at the higher standard if they achieve a scaled score of 110 or more in their reading and maths tests, and their teacher assesses them as ‘working at a greater depth within the expected standard’ in writing.
On average, only 8% of pupils achieved at a higher standard both across Derbyshire schools and at the national level.
We also included the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standards for each school as well as their most recent Ofsted inspection results.
Schools which had less than 10 pupils at the end of Key Stage 2 are not included in the ranking. This is because schools with fewer than 10 pupils in Y6 are not required to publish their SAT results.
The league table does not include schools located in Derby.
13. All Saints Church of England Junior School
All Saints Church of England Junior School at Hurds Hollow in Matlock had 19% of their key stage pupils achieve at a higher standard, while 86% met expected standards for reading, writing and maths in 2025. Pupils achieved an average score of 107 in reading and 108 in maths. The school had 58 pupils at the end of key stage 2 and was rated 'good' by Ofsted in October 2021. Photo: Google
14. Osmaston Church of England Primary School
In the 2024/25 school year, 19% of pupils at Osmaston Church of England (VC) Primary School at Osmaston achieved at a higher standard while 90% met the government’s expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Pupils achieved an average score of 108 in reading and 109 in maths. The school had 21 pupils at the end of key stage 2 last year and was rated 'good' by Ofsted in June 2024. Photo: Google