New Mills Primary School

New Mills Primary School has been found to continue performing well overall, maintaining its status as a good school. The school fosters a positive and supportive environment where pupils feel safe, behave respectfully, and are encouraged by staff to excel academically. The curriculum is ambitious and aligns with national standards, with strong emphasis placed on reading and the support provided to pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Parents express high levels of satisfaction with the school's commitment to their children's well-being and educational experiences.

Strengths

• Pupils have positive attitudes towards learning and enjoy their time at school.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and well-being of pupils.
• Staff have high expectations and provide effective support for pupils with SEND.
• High-quality curriculum design that aligns with national standards.
• Effective approaches to teaching phonics and reading.
• Pupils engage actively in sports and outdoor activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum areas lack clearly identified knowledge endpoints.
• Need for further development in assessing pupils' knowledge progression in certain subjects.

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 New Mills Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.0% 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 New Mills 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 New Mills Primary School had 20.8 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, 14.4% of pupils at New Mills Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 New Mills Primary School received £7,022 and spent £6,951 for each of its 216 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £14,000 (-£67 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 New Mills Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for New Mills Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was New Mills Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

New Mills Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does New Mills Primary School have?

New Mills Primary School has 216 pupils on roll.

What age range does New Mills Primary School cover?

New Mills Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is New Mills Primary School?

New Mills Primary School is at Meadow Street, New Mills, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK22 4AY.