Schools in Belper
Belper has 17 schools — 14 primaries and 2 secondaries — within Derbyshire County Council's co-ordinated admissions area. Eight of the 17 are academies and 6 have a faith character, predominantly Church of England. One school holds an 'Outstanding' Ofsted judgment. Belper sits in the Derwent Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and serves a mixture of town and semi-rural settlements.
The two secondary schools serving Belper are Belper School and Sixth Form Centre and The Ecclesbourne School in neighbouring Duffield. The Ecclesbourne is notably oversubscribed and attracts applicants from a wide geographic area including parts of Derby city; families should check last-offered distances carefully before relying on it as their first preference. Derbyshire County Council co-ordinates secondary admissions with national offer day in March; secondary preference forms are typically due in October. Primary demand in Belper town centre has tightened as residential development in the area has continued.
School demand in Belper
Across the 16 schools in Belper with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 88%. 2 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.
6 schools in Belper have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
8 of the schools in Belper 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.
7 of the schools in Belper have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Belper: 1 oversubscribed (14)
Duffield the Meadows Primary School
Primary · Community school
Belper · DE56 4GT
Long Row Primary School
Primary · Community school
Belper · DE56 1DR
Ambergate Primary School
Primary · Community school
Belper · DE56 2GN
Pottery Primary School
Primary · Community school
Belper · DE56 1HA
Milford Primary School
Primary · Community school
Belper · DE56 0QH
Herbert Strutt Primary School
Primary · Community school
Belper · DE56 1SH
St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Belper · DE56 1GY
Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Belper · DE56 2FQ
Turnditch Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Belper · DE56 2LH
William Gilbert Endowed Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Belper · DE56 4EB
Holbrook Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Belper · DE56 0TW
St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Belper · DE56 2JD
Kilburn Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Belper · DE56 0LA
Heage Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Belper · DE56 2AL
Secondary Schools in Belper (2)
Other Schools in Belper (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Belper 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.