Originally a small village, Spondon dates back to the Domesday Book and it became heavily industrialised in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with companies such as British Celanese.

[2] In about 1333,[3] a great fire, starting at The Malt Shovel, a local pub, and aided by an easterly wind, swept through the village destroying the church and all but a few houses, with just one casualty, the mayor.

The damage was so great that a judge, Roger de Bankwell, was sent to hear pleas for relief from taxes.

The large site is now closed, but it made initially cellulose acetate during World War I and later other artificial fibres.

Spondon is part of the City of Derby and sits in the Mid Derbyshire constituency for Westminster elections.

Facilities include one library, two social clubs, six public houses (the names and numbers have not changed since 1961).

The Stone Archways in Park Road mark the entrance to the now demolished Spondon House.

The Enoch Stone Memorial marks the spot on Derby Road where a notorious murder took place in 1856[6] although this is in neighbouring Chaddesden.

The A52, 'Borrowash by-pass' recently named Brian Clough Way, cuts through the village and provides express road (dual-carriageway) links to the west (Derby) and the east (M1 and Nottingham).

The Spondon Flyer service provided a non-stop bus link to Derby city centre until its withdrawal in November 2021.

These sites being the 'upper school' (1960s, grey brick, concrete and glass) at the top of the hillside, the current site, and the 'lower school' (1970s, grey brick, brown tile, timber and glass) at the foot of the hillside, which burned down.