St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Derby·DE21 6NU
Composite score
49.1
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#7,597
National rank
#625
In East Midlands
#21
In Derby
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 15 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520220.9720230.9720240.9320251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
332
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
22.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,451
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in Derby, St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 332 pupils aged 3 to 11. 54% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 13.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 19.3 pupils per teacher. St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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