Pilsley Primary School

Pilsley Primary School continues to be a good school with a positive environment where pupils are happy and engaged in their learning. The school has well-structured programs in key subjects like reading and mathematics and is ambitious for the achievement of all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Pupils demonstrate excellent behavior, feel safe, and enjoy a variety of extracurricular activities that contribute to their overall development. Parents express high satisfaction with the school's environment and staff relationships, which foster a community spirit.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a supportive and happy learning environment.
• High expectations from staff allow pupils to flourish.
• Leaders have developed an ambitious and well-planned curriculum.
• Teachers effectively adapt lessons to support pupils with SEND.
• Pupils have access to a wide range of extracurricular activities.
• Regular reading support helps pupils become fluent readers.
• The school promotes character development and celebrates diversity.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects do not consistently provide work that matches the ambitious curriculum.
• Pupils lack a secure understanding of British values, particularly democracy.

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 Pilsley Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.1% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Pilsley 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 Pilsley Primary School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.5% 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, 19.7% of pupils at Pilsley Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 9 pupils.

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 Pilsley Primary School received £8,671 and spent £8,751 for each of its 204 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £113,000 (-£553 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 Pilsley Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Pilsley Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Pilsley Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Pilsley Primary School have?

Pilsley Primary School has 213 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pilsley Primary School cover?

Pilsley Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Pilsley Primary School?

Pilsley Primary School is at Station Road, Pilsley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S45 8EU.