Steps to Apply

Our Admission Office will be in touch to set up a time to connect either by Zoom or over the phone.

Complete the online application.

We'd love to have your student experience Derby! Our Admissions Office will help coordinate a virtual visit for your child. Depending on your child's entering grade level, we'll also help schedule an assessment and interview over Zoom.

1. Complete and submit the Parent/Guardian Questionnaire
2. Submit the AISNE Admission Recommendation form(s) 

• For children applying to Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 5, please have your child's current teacher, as well as last year's teacher, complete the Recommendation Form and email it directly to Julie McOsker.
• For children applying to Grades 6-8, please have your child's current teacher, as well as last year's teacher(s), complete the Math and English recommendation forms and email them directly to Julie McOsker. The Administrator Recommendation Form is not needed- Instead, have your child's school complete and email the School Report Form below. 

3. Download and sign the School Report Form. Email it to your child's school principal or guidance counselor. Ask them to complete it and email it directly to Julie McOsker along with your child's transcript.

If applying a student to Grades 5-8, please register for the Independent School Entrance Exam.

Derby Academy's code for the ISEE is: 222606
This will ensure Derby will receive your student's scores.