Of those parents who applied for a reception place by the closing date, 93.75% were offered their first preference school. Overall, of those who applied by the closing date, 96.52% were offered a place at one of their 3 preferred schools.
And of those who applied for a junior place by the deadline, 95.44% were offered a place at their first preference school and 96.42% were offered a place at one of their 3 preferred schools.
Our temporary Executive Director for Children’s Services Alison Noble said:
“I’d like to thank everyone who applied for their child’s place on time and to our school admissions and transport team for processing more than 10,194 applications.
“We’re very pleased to be able to offer the first preference school to so many parents across Derbyshire, for children starting school during the 2025-2026 school year for the first time as well as those transferring to junior school this September.
“If you still haven’t applied for your child’s place, please get in touch with our school admissions and transport team as soon as possible.”
The small number of parents who have not been offered a place at their preferred school have the right of appeal to an independent panel. Information on how to appeal is available online by visiting our admissions page.
Alternatively, parents can get information from our school admissions and transport team by calling tel: 01629 537479.
This year the vast majority of parents in Derbyshire applied for their child’s primary school place online.
Parents who applied online should have received an email about their child’s place on Wednesday 16 April.
We posted letters second class on the same day, Wednesday 16 April, to parents who used the telephone application service or completed a paper form.
Anyone who hasn’t already made an application should do so urgently by using our late application facility on our admissions page.
If parents cannot apply online, they should contact our school admissions and transport team for advice on tel: 01629 537479.