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Murray Park Community School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,277Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 112991URN

Murray Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 9LL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
close to Derby median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Derby

424 applications for 270 places · 11th of 15 in Derby
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
43.0of 90
9th of 16 in Derby
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 30 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 30 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 21 September 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
close to Derby median (1.8) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

424 applications · 270 places offered · 221 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Derby median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.5; Derby median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.4; Derby median median 1.4
  4. 2023 1.3; Derby median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.5; Derby median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.4; Derby median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.3; Derby median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.4; Derby median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.4; Derby median median 1.5
  10. 2017 1.3; Derby median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.4; Derby median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.7; Derby median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.8; Derby median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Derby median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Derby median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262704241.62210.82
Sep 20252714171.52330.86
Sep 20242493531.42140.86
Sep 20232653551.32170.82
Sep 20222183241.51990.91
Sep 20212172961.41770.82
Sep 20201962531.31420.72
Sep 20191992811.41410.71
Sep 20181862681.41150.62
Sep 20171782371.31090.61
Sep 20161802451.41160.64
Sep 20151762911.71450.82
Sep 20141412491.81170.83

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

220 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.09th of 16 in Derby
Grade 5 or above in English and maths44%4th of 16 in Derby
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%
  • This school
  • Derby median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.03
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22043.044%60%–
2024/2521340.633%54%–
2023/2421844.042%62%+0.03
2022/2321840.535%57%−0.21

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
112991 · 831/5406
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,400 pupils · 1,277 on roll
Free school meals
30.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Murray Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 9LL
Local authority
Derby

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources