Dame Catherine Harpur's School
Dame Catherine Harpur's School is an independent school in Derby for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 40 pupils and room for 50.
Rose Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JW01332 480825damecatherines.orgMs Lorna Harvey headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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 Derbyshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 40 | 37 | 40 | 34 | 29 | 40 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 27% | 40% | 47% | 24% | 10% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repton Preparatory School | Independent | 2.0 miles | 377 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Melbourne Junior School | Council | 2.4 miles | 226 | Good 2024 | 69 | Compare |
| Melbourne Infant & Nursery School | Council | 2.4 miles | 139 | Report card 2026 | 46 | Compare |
| Hartshorne CofE Primary School | Church of England | 2.5 miles | 110 | Good 2024 | 45 | Compare |
| Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School | Academy | 2.8 miles | 107 | No overall grade 2025 | 75 | Compare |
| Repton Primary School | Council | 3.2 miles | 231 | No overall grade 2025 | 65 | Compare |
| St Hardulph's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 3.3 miles | 58 | Good 2022 | 42 | Compare |
| Eureka Primary School | Council | 3.5 miles | 144 | Good 2023 | 31 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Dame Catherine Harpur's School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Dame Catherine Harpur's School yet.
How many pupils does Dame Catherine Harpur's School have?
40 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 50 places, so it is 80% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Rose Lane, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7JW
- Telephone
- 01332 480825
- Website
- damecatherines.org
- Headteacher
- Ms Lorna Harvey
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Ward
- Repton
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 7 October 1987
- URN
- 113023 · LAESTAB 8306020 · UKPRN 10070267
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.
- 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.