Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Shelton Infant School
This school
Shelton Junior School
Partner infant school
Nursery to Year 2 · next door from Shelton Junior School
Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Shelton Infant School.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 23 June 2026
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Derby | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 45% | 57% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 1% | 6% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 66% | 68% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 21% | 25% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Derby | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 103 | 104 | 106 |
| Maths | 101 | 103 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 103 | 104 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected Shelton Junior School on 23 June 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Expected standard for curriculum and teaching, for inclusion, for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing and for attendance and behaviour; Needs attention for achievement.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Shelton Infant School. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Shelton Junior School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its governing body, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Shelton Junior School had 270 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 300. It is a mixed school.