Castle School
Castle School is an academy alternative provision converter in Derby for boys and girls aged 5 to 18. It has 16 pupils and room for 180. About 75 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.
Mansfield Road, Derby, DE1 3TQ01332 973869castleschoolderby.co.ukMrs Ellen Wilkinson headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 29 March 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Derby council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (10), Autistic spectrum disorder (5), Moderate learning difficulty (1).
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landau Forte College | Academy | 110 m | 1,272 | Outstanding 2024 | 89 | Compare |
| Central Community Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 780 m | 89 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Aurora Ryefields School | Independent | 800 m | 22 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Emmanuel School (Derby) Limited | Independent | 840 m | 55 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Derwent Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 313 | Report card 2026 | 2 | Compare |
| Whitecross Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 0.7 miles | 86 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Castleward Spencer Academy | Free school | 0.8 miles | 179 | Outstanding 2024 | 98 | Compare |
| Beaufort Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 224 | Requires improvement 2023 | 5 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Castle School a good school?
Castle School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in March 2023.
What is Castle School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Castle School good at its last full inspection on 29 March 2023.
How many pupils does Castle School have?
16 pupils aged 5 to 18 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 9% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Mansfield Road, Derby, DE1 3TQ
- Telephone
- 01332 973869
- Website
- castleschoolderby.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ellen Wilkinson
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Respect Collaboration Trust (3 schools)
- Local authority
- Derby
- Ward
- Darley
- Constituency
- Derby North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 November 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151932 · LAESTAB 8311103 · UKPRN 10098607
- Formerly
- Castle School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.