Contested schools in Derbyshire
These are the Derbyshire schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Derbyshire
Secondary schools (19)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilsthorpe School | 204 | 271 | 1.33 |
| St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy | 203 | 266 | 1.31 |
| The Bolsover School | 174 | 209 | 1.20 |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith High School | 158 | 185 | 1.17 |
| Granville Academy | 182 | 203 | 1.12 |
| David Nieper Academy | 149 | 166 | 1.11 |
| Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy | 208 | 227 | 1.09 |
| Brookfield Community School | 173 | 183 | 1.06 |
| Anthony Gell School | 131 | 135 | 1.03 |
| The Ripley Academy | 149 | 149 | 1 |
| Belper School and Sixth Form Centre | 166 | 164 | 0.99 |
| Highfields School | 214 | 211 | 0.99 |
| Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School | 301 | 294 | 0.98 |
| The Ecclesbourne School | 239 | 229 | 0.96 |
| St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy | 102 | 96 | 0.94 |
| Outwood Academy Hasland Hall | 165 | 152 | 0.92 |
| Outwood Academy Newbold | 150 | 130 | 0.87 |
| New Mills School | 143 | 123 | 0.86 |
| The Pingle Academy | 204 | 175 | 0.86 |
Primary schools (78)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holbrook Church of England Primary School | 20 | 43 | 2.15 |
| Breadsall CofE VC Primary School | 16 | 28 | 1.75 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary | 60 | 100 | 1.67 |
| Clifton CofE Primary School | 15 | 23 | 1.53 |
| Redhill Primary School | 30 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Aston-on-Trent Primary School | 33 | 49 | 1.48 |
| Gorseybrigg Primary School and Nursery | 29 | 43 | 1.48 |
| Street Lane Primary School | 13 | 19 | — |
| Coppice Primary School | 30 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Immaculate Conception Catholic Primary | 30 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School | 29 | 39 | 1.34 |
| Norbury CofE Primary School | 12 | 16 | — |
| St Edward's Catholic Academy | 30 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Deer Park Primary School | 50 | 63 | 1.26 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 31 | 39 | 1.26 |
| The Park Infant & Nursery School | 60 | 75 | 1.25 |
| Hollingwood Primary School | 45 | 55 | 1.22 |
| Barlborough Primary School | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Field House Infant School | 59 | 71 | 1.20 |
| Grassmoor Primary School | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| St Oswald's CofE Primary School | 30 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Osmaston CofE (VC) Primary School | 20 | 23 | 1.15 |
| Camms CofE (Aided) Primary School | 29 | 33 | 1.14 |
| New Mills Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Doveridge Primary School | 16 | 18 | — |
| Abercrombie Primary School | 28 | 31 | 1.11 |
| Hady Primary School | 44 | 49 | 1.11 |
| Highfields Spencer Academy | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Walton Holymoorside Primary School | 49 | 54 | 1.10 |
| Scarcliffe Primary School | 13 | 14 | — |
| Ashover Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Hodthorpe Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Overseal Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Shirland Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School | 24 | 25 | 1.04 |
| Riddings Infant and Nursery School | 60 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Tupton Primary and Nursery Academy | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Whaley Bridge Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Firfield Primary School | 60 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Ambergate Primary School | 16 | 16 | — |
| Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy | 17 | 17 | — |
| Cutthorpe Primary School | 14 | 14 | — |
| Dallimore Primary & Nursery School | 45 | 45 | 1 |
| Darley Dale Primary School | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| Egginton Primary School | 10 | 10 | — |
| Eureka Primary School | 19 | 19 | — |
| Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School | 13 | 13 | — |
| Mary Swanwick Primary School | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| Monyash CofE Primary School | 6 | 6 | — |
| Morley Primary School | 11 | 11 | — |
| Padfield Community Primary School | 16 | 16 | — |
| Shardlow Primary School | 15 | 15 | — |
| Sharley Park Community Primary School | 46 | 46 | 1 |
| South Wingfield Primary School | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | 22 | 22 | 1 |
| Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School | 15 | 15 | — |
| Wessington Primary School | 13 | 13 | — |
| Westhouses Primary School | 5 | 5 | — |
| Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| Wigley Primary School | 6 | 6 | — |
| Willington Primary School | 27 | 27 | 1 |
| Brockwell Nursery and Infant School | 59 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Holmesdale Infant School | 29 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Chinley Primary School | 27 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Church Gresley Infant and Nursery School | 76 | 73 | 0.96 |
| Loscoe CofE Primary School and Nursery | 27 | 26 | 0.96 |
| The Mease Spencer Academy | 28 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Waingroves Primary School | 27 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Hartshorne CofE Primary School | 18 | 17 | — |
| St Giles CofE Primary School | 43 | 40 | 0.93 |
| Palterton Primary School | 11 | 10 | — |
| Chellaston Fields Spencer Academy | 16 | 14 | — |
| Etwall Primary School | 57 | 50 | 0.88 |
| Langwith Bassett Primary Academy | 7 | 6 | — |
| Hunloke Park Primary School | 43 | 36 | 0.84 |
| Kniveton CofE Primary School | 12 | 10 | — |
| Richardson Endowed Primary School | 29 | 24 | 0.83 |
| Findern Primary School | 30 | 23 | 0.77 |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.