Egginton Primary School

Egginton Primary School is a small community primary that inspectors judged good in every inspected area: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school sits at the heart of its community, pupils feel safe and happy, behave well, and benefit from a nurturing environment and a clear vision of high expectations. Staff identify and support pupils with SEND effectively, attendance has improved, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The curriculum has been significantly refined since the previous inspection and is well sequenced from early years. Reading is a priority, children get off to a good start in phonics, and pupils become confident readers. Personal development is well designed, and governors provide appropriate challenge and support. Leaders have resolved most areas for improvement from last time, and staff feel supported. Inspectors identified two main areas to improve. Some pupils have gaps in prior knowledge, partly because pupils joining during a key stage have not yet covered all curriculum content, and retrieval practice is not frequent enough. Writing also varies between English and other subjects, with less detail and less consistent presentation and handwriting across the wider curriculum.

Strengths

• Strong community links and a central role in local life
• Pupils feel safe, happy and behave well
• Nurturing and supportive environment
• Clear vision and high expectations for behaviour, attendance and achievement
• Pupils, including those with SEND, achieve well from their starting points
• Curriculum is well sequenced and builds knowledge from early years
• Reading is prioritised, with strong phonics in early years and fluent readers in key stage 1
• Effective identification and support for pupils with additional needs
• Attendance has improved and persistent absence has reduced
• Well-designed personal development programme, including British values and democracy
• Mental health and healthy lifestyles are prioritised
• Governors provide effective challenge and support
• Leaders have resolved most previous areas for improvement and support staff workload
• Early years provision is ambitious and responsive to children’s interests

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils have gaps in prior knowledge, especially those who join during a key stage
• Prior learning is not revisited frequently enough to reinforce recall
• Writing in subjects other than English often lacks the detail seen in English
• Presentation and handwriting standards are inconsistent across the wider curriculum

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 Egginton Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.8% 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, 1.6% of pupils at Egginton 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 Egginton Primary School had 15.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 17.2% of pupils at Egginton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Egginton Primary School received £10,642 and spent £10,350 for each of its 58 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £86,000 (£1,483 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 Egginton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Egginton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Egginton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Egginton Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Egginton Primary School have?

Egginton Primary School has 58 pupils on roll.

What age range does Egginton Primary School cover?

Egginton Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Egginton Primary School?

Egginton Primary School is at Church Road, Egginton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6HP.