Schools in Alfreton
Alfreton and the surrounding Amber Valley district of Derbyshire have 33 schools - 25 primaries, four secondaries, and two nursery schools. Fourteen schools operate as academies. The area includes several former mining communities such as South Normanton and Ironville, where the school network was historically built around pit villages with their own local provision.
Derbyshire County Council coordinates admissions across the area. With four secondary schools serving a mixed urban-rural catchment, demand can vary significantly by year. Derbyshire publishes its school allocation outcomes data annually, and the 'last distance offered' for popular secondaries in this area has become progressively tighter as population shifts from urban Derby into surrounding towns.
School demand in Alfreton
Across the 27 schools in Alfreton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 91%. 8 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
2 schools in Alfreton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
14 of the schools in Alfreton are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Derbyshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
15 of the schools in Alfreton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 12 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Alfreton: 6 oversubscribed (25)
Leys Junior School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 7HA
Croft Infant School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 7BW
Woodbridge Junior School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 7JA
Riddings Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 4EW
Swanwick Primary School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 1BZ
Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 5JG
Newton Primary School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 5TL
Westhouses Primary School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 5AF
South Wingfield Primary School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 7NJ
Town End Junior School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 5PB
Tibshelf Infant School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 5PP
Wessington Primary School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 6DQ
Copthorne Community Infant School
Primary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 7FF
Stretton Handley Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Alfreton · DE55 6FH
Somercotes Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Alfreton · DE55 4LY
Somerlea Park Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Alfreton · DE55 4JE
Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Alfreton · DE55 7EN
The Green Flying High Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Alfreton · DE55 2BS
Riddings Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Alfreton · DE55 4BW
Morton Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Alfreton · DE55 6HH
Stonebroom Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Alfreton · DE55 6JY
Shirland Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Alfreton · DE55 6BH
The Brigg Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Alfreton · DE55 2DA
Glebe Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Alfreton · DE55 2JB
Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Alfreton · DE55 6GG
Secondary Schools in Alfreton (4)
Tibshelf Community School
Secondary · Community school
Alfreton · DE55 5LZ
David Nieper Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Alfreton · DE55 7JA
Swanwick Hall School
Secondary · Academy converter
Alfreton · DE55 1AE
Frederick Gent School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Alfreton · DE55 2ER
Other Schools in Alfreton (4)
South Normanton Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Alfreton · DE55 2JB
Alfreton Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Alfreton · DE55 7SH
Swanwick School and Sports College
Not applicable · Community special school
Alfreton · DE55 1AR
Alfreton Park Community Special School
Not applicable · Community special school
Alfreton · DE55 7AL
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Alfreton are set by Derbyshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.