Cottons Farm Primary Academy
Primary schoolCottons Farm Primary Academy is a primary school in Derby, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 133 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 42% of pupils at Cottons Farm Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Derby and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Derby | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 103 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Redwood Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)650 m
- Grampian Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
- City of Derby AcademySecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding not met, requires significant improvement. Attainment 8 of 31.8 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- Akaal Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2022, before the school changed. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Ash Croft Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Normanton House SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Derby
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).