School admission arrangements 2026 to 2027

• admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for which we are the admissions authority.
• the coordinated arrangements for all maintained schools in Derbyshire
• the fair access protocol for all maintained schools in Derbyshire

The admission authority for individual voluntary aided, foundation and academy schools are the governing body or academy trust.

All schools which are their own admission authority and are proposing changes to their admission arrangements for 2026/27 have been invited to send a copy to the local authority.

Where they have been received, they can be provided on request.

Any comments regarding the proposed arrangements for voluntary aided, foundation and academy schools should be sent to the relevant school by the closing date set out by the school.

All other comments should be sent by email to admissions.transport@derbyshire.gov.uk or to:

Admissions and Transport Team
The Quad
Dock Walk
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S40 2GQ

The closing date for the receipt of any comments is 29 December 2024.

Proposed admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools – 2026/27

Proposed changes to published admission numbers (PANs)

Reductions:

• Holmgate Primary School 35 to 30 (Review of accommodation)
• Hasland Infant School 100 to 90 (Review of accommodation)

Increases:

• Shirland Primary School 20 to 30 (Review of net capacity)
• Wirksworth CE Infant School 20 to 30 (Review of net capacity)

All other PANs remain as published in the 2025/2026 arrangements.

Fair access protocol

You can view the fair access protocol on our admission arrangements page.

Admission arrangements for voluntary aided, foundation and academy schools

You can view the proposed admission policies for these schools on the school’s website. Where schools are proposing no changes there is a requirement to consult only once every 7 years. Even if there are no changes, all schools which are their own admissions authority must determine their arrangements by 28 February 2025 and publish them by 15 March 2025.

A copy of the admission arrangements must be posted on the school's website.

• Aldercar High School
• Aldercar Infant and Nursery School
• All Saints CE Voluntary Aided Primary School
• All Saints CofE Infant School
• All Saints CofE Junior School
• Anthony Gell 
• Ashbourne Hilltop Primary Academy
• Ashbrook Junior School
• Bakewell Infant School
• Bakewell Methodist Junior Academy
• Barrow Hill Primary
• Belmont Primary School
• Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
• Bishop Pursglove CE (Aided) Primary School
• Bolsover CofE Junior School
• Bonsall CE (Aided) Primary School
• Bradley CE Primary School
• Bradwell Junior School
• Brailsford Primary School
• Brimington Junior School
• Brimington Manor Infant
• Brookfield Academy Trust
• Brooklands Primary School
• Buxton Community School
• Camms Endowed CE (Aided) Primary School
• Carsington and Hopton C of E (A) Primary School
• Castle View Primary School
• Chaucer Infant School
• Chaucer Junior School
• Chellaston Fields Spencer Academy
• Chinley Primary School
• Christ Church CE Primary
• Christ the King Catholic Primary School
• Church Gresley Infant and Nursery
• Cloudside Academy
• Clover Leys Spencer Academy
• Darley Churchtown Primary
• David Nieper Academy
• Denby Free CE (Aided) Primary School
• Dinting CE (Aided) Primary School
• Dovedale Primary School
• Draycott Primary School
• Dunston Primary Academy
• Eckington School
• Eckington Junior School
• Elmsleigh Infant School
• English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School
• Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School
• Field House Infant School
• Fitzherbert CE (Aided) Primary School
• Frederick Gent School
• Friesland School
• Fritchley CE (Aided) Primary School
• Gamesley Primary School
• Glossopdale School
• Granville Academy
• Hady Primary School
• Hague Bar Primary School
• Hathersage St Michael's Church of England (Aided) Primary School
• Heath Primary School
• Heanor Gate Science College
• Heritage High School
• Highfields School Matlock
• Highfields Spencer Academy
• Hilton Spencer Academy
• Hodthorpe Primary School
• Holbrook CE Primary School
• Hollingwood Primary School
• Holme Hall Primary School
• Hope Valley College
• Horsley Woodhouse Primary School
• Howitt Primary School
• Hulland CE Primary School
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Primary School
• Inkersall Primary Academy
• Ironville and Codnor Park Primary
• John Flamsteed Community School
• John King Infant School
• John Port School
• Kensington Junior School
• Kilburn Junior School
• Killamarsh St Giles' CE Primary School
• Kirk Hallam Community Academy
• Kirkstead Junior Academy
• Laceyfields Academy School
• Lady Manners School
• Ladywood Primary School
• Langley Mill Academy
• Langwith Bassett Junior Academy
• Linton Primary School
• Litton CE Aided Primary School
• Longford CE Primary School
• Long Lane Primary School
• Longstone CE (Aided) Primary School
• Longwood Infant School
• Loscoe Primary School
• Marston Montgomery Primary School
• Mary Swanwick Primary School
• Mercia Academy
• Model Village Primary School
• Morley Primary School
• Morton Primary School
• Netherthorpe School
• New Whittington Primary School
• Newbold CE Primary School
• Newhall Junior School
• Newton Solney CE Voluntary Aided Infant School
• North Wingfield Primary and Nursery Academy
• Old Hall Junior School
• Outwood Academy Newbold
• Outwood Academy Hasland Hall
• Parkside Community School
• Pennine Way Junior School
• Pilsley CE Aided Primary School
• Poolsbrook Primary
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
• Redhill Primary School
• Richardson Endowed Primary School
• Riddings Junior School
• Sale and Davy CE Primary School
• Sawley Infant and Nursery School
• Sawley Junior School
• Scarcliffe Primary School
• Scargill CE (Aided) Primary School
• Shardlow Primary school
• Shirebrook Academy
• Somercotes Infant School
• Somerlea Park Junior School
• Springfield Junior School
• Springwell Community College
• Stanley Common CE Primary School
• St Andrew's CE / Methodist Primary School (Dronfield)
• St Anne’s Catholic Primary School
• St Charles's Catholic Primary School
• St Edward's Catholic Primary School
• St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School
• St George's CE (Aided) Primary School
• St Giles' CE (Aided) Primary School (Matlock)
• St John Houghton Catholic School
• St Joseph's Catholic and Church Of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Matlock)
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Shirebrook)
• St Laurence CE (Aided) Primary Schoo
• St Margaret's Catholic Primary School
• St Mary's Catholic High School
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Chesterfield)
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Glossop)
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School (New Mills)
• St Philip Howard Catholic School
• St Thomas Catholic Primary School
• St Thomas More Catholic School - Science College
• Stonebroom Primary School
• Street Lane Primary
• Swanwick Hall School
• Taddington and Priestcliffe CE Aided Primary School
• Temple Normanton Junior Academy
• The Bolsover School
• The Curzon CE (Aided) Primary School
• The Ecclesbourne School
• The Green Flying High Academy
• The Long Eaton School
• The Mease Spencer Academy
• The Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy
• The Pingle School
• The Ripley Academy
• Three Trees Infant Academy
• Three Trees Junior Academy
• Tintwistle CE Primary School
• Tupton Hall School
• Tupton Primary School
• Turnditch CE Voluntary Aided Primary School
• Waingroves Primary School
• Walton Holymoorside Primary School
• Walton Peak Flying High Academy 
• Walton on Trent CE Primary School
• Westfield Infant School
• Weston on Trent CE (Aided) Primary School
• Whaley Thorns Primary School
• Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy
• William Gilbert CE Endowed Primary School
• William Rhodes Primary School
• Wilsthorpe Community School
• Woodthorpe Primary School