Wellbrook School
Wellbrook School is an independent special school in Derby for boys and girls aged 9 to 16. It has 20 pupils and room for 25.
Station Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EH01283 753499wellbrookschool.co.ukMrs Claire Howells headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 20 | 7 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Fields Primary School | Council | 440 m | 185 | Good 2023 | 19 | Compare |
| Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 255 | Good 2023 | 58 | Compare |
| Hilton Spencer Academy | Academy | 2.0 miles | 548 | Good 2023 | 72 | Compare |
| John of Rolleston Primary School | Academy | 2.1 miles | 335 | Report card 2026 | 60 | Compare |
| The Mease Spencer Academy | Free school | 2.1 miles | 202 | Good 2024 | 46 | Compare |
| Church Broughton CofE Primary School | Church of England | 2.2 miles | 68 | Not inspected | 83 | Compare |
| St Modwen's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 2.8 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Outwoods Primary School | Academy | 3.0 miles | 434 | Report card 2026 | 22 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Wellbrook School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Wellbrook School yet.
How many pupils does Wellbrook School have?
20 pupils aged 9 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 25 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
- Station Road, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EH
- Telephone
- 01283 753499
- Website
- wellbrookschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Howells
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 9-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Ward
- Hatton
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 4 October 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150920 · LAESTAB 8306063 · UKPRN 10098990
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.