Leys Junior School

Leys Junior School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The leadership team, including governors, is dedicated to fostering a supportive and engaging learning environment where pupils thrive. Strong community values are evident, with an emphasis on ambition and independence, which contributes to the strong relationships among staff, pupils, and parents. The school enjoys a broad curriculum and provides numerous extracurricular activities that enhance pupils' overall development. Although there are notable strengths, particularly in the area of personal development and engagement in learning, some gaps in reading support and curriculum consistency have been identified as areas for improvement.

Strengths

• Strong community values promote a happy school environment.
• Pupils enjoy a broad range of extracurricular activities.
• High priority is given to reading and pupils are encouraged to read independently.
• Teachers use secure subject knowledge to create engaging lessons.
• Pupils with SEND receive effective support and achieve well.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not receive adequate support for gaps in their reading knowledge.
• Not all teachers consistently help pupils to revisit and embed prior knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Leys Junior School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.1% of pupils at Leys Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Leys Junior School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.1% of pupils at Leys Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Leys Junior School received £8,645 and spent £8,742 for each of its 160 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £60,000 (£374 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Leys Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Leys Junior School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Leys Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Leys Junior School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Leys Junior School have?

Leys Junior School has 160 pupils on roll.

What age range does Leys Junior School cover?

Leys Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Leys Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Leys Junior School?

Leys Junior School is at Flowery Leys Lane, Leys Junior School, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7HA.