Staveley Junior School

Staveley Junior School is performing at a good level overall, reflecting consistent efforts in providing quality education for its pupils. The school fosters an inclusive and vibrant environment where students are encouraged to dream, believe, and achieve. Notably, the curriculum promotes resilience and creativity among pupils, supported by effective reading initiatives that have led to rapid gains in learning. Parental involvement and support for the school is strong, contributing positively to overall pupil experience and outcomes. However, there are areas that require attention, particularly in terms of ensuring that all aspects of subject-specific knowledge are clearly defined and taught, to enhance pupils' retention and understanding across the curriculum.

Strengths

• The school provides a vibrant and inclusive learning environment.
• Pupils demonstrate resilience and creativity through engaging play.
• Strong leadership fosters a positive school culture.
• The reading program helps pupils acquire literacy skills effectively.
• There is a broad and ambitious curriculum in place.
• Effective support is given to pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack clear definitions of the knowledge pupils must learn, affecting retention.

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 Staveley Junior School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.9% 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, 6.3% of pupils at Staveley Junior 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 Staveley Junior School had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.3% 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, 22.4% of pupils at Staveley Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 12.0% 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 Staveley Junior School received £11,034 and spent £10,850 for each of its 125 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £185,000 (£1,479 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 Staveley Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Staveley Junior School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Staveley Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Staveley Junior School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Staveley Junior School have?

Staveley Junior School has 125 pupils on roll.

What age range does Staveley Junior School cover?

Staveley Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Staveley Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Staveley Junior School?

Staveley Junior School is at College Avenue, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3XE.