Grindleford Primary School

Grindleford Primary School demonstrates a strong performance overall, consistently achieving a good rating across multiple domains. The school fosters a supportive and engaging environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to enjoy their learning, leading to high levels of attendance and strong behaviour. Parents express satisfaction with the school's community ethos, and pupils actively participate in varied activities that enrich their educational experience. The school has successfully implemented a well-structured curriculum that aligns with effective teaching strategies, especially in early reading, where staff are well-trained to support pupils' learning needs.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community at the school
• High expectations and effective teaching from staff
• Pupils enjoy a range of after-school activities
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Good preparation for life in modern Britain
• Highly engaged and polite pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack fully developed and sequenced curriculum plans
• Subject leadership needs further development for better oversight

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 Grindleford Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.9% 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 Grindleford 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 Grindleford Primary School had 14.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.1% 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, 22.0% of pupils at Grindleford Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% 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 Grindleford Primary School received £15,072 and spent £15,000 for each of its 41 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £241,000 (£5,870 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 Grindleford Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grindleford Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Grindleford Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grindleford Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Grindleford Primary School have?

Grindleford Primary School has 41 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grindleford Primary School cover?

Grindleford Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grindleford Primary School?

Grindleford Primary School is at Sir William Hill, Grindleford, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, S32 2HS.