Cutthorpe Primary School

Cutthorpe Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. Pupils are enthusiastic about their learning, and the school fosters a supportive environment where respectful relationships are built between staff and students. Leaders emphasize an ambitious curriculum that includes provisions for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), ensuring they also have access to a broad range of learning opportunities. While pupils take pride in their accomplishments, there are areas for development regarding the embedding of new initiatives and assessment systems in foundation subjects to monitor learning progress effectively.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending the school and express enthusiasm about their learning.
• High expectations and effective support for pupils with SEND.
• A calm and purposeful atmosphere conducive to learning.
• Engaging phonics program that aids in improving reading skills.
• Well-organized personal development curriculum covering essential life skills.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils, contributing to a positive school culture.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not always help pupils make connections between different topics.
• The new phonics program is not yet fully embedded in key stage 2.
• Routine checks of pupils' knowledge in foundation subjects are lacking.
• Need for evaluation of the impact of new strategies and policies.

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 Cutthorpe Primary School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Cutthorpe Primary 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 Cutthorpe Primary School had 21.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% 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, 11.8% of pupils at Cutthorpe Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 Cutthorpe Primary School received £7,730 and spent £7,959 for each of its 110 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £72,000 (-£653 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 Cutthorpe Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cutthorpe Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Cutthorpe Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cutthorpe Primary School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Cutthorpe Primary School have?

Cutthorpe Primary School has 110 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cutthorpe Primary School cover?

Cutthorpe Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Cutthorpe Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cutthorpe Primary School?

Cutthorpe Primary School is at School Hill, Cutthorpe, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S42 7AS.