Deer Park Primary School

Deer Park Primary School is a warm, inclusive maintained primary school where pupils and families are made to feel welcome. The school was judged good in all inspected areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This was a graded inspection under the current framework, so no overall effectiveness grade was given, and it was the school's second routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic. Pupils typically behave well, settle quickly in the early years, and benefit from a calm atmosphere and strong pastoral support.

Strengths

• Warm and inclusive culture where pupils feel part of the school community
• Calm atmosphere and typically good pupil behaviour
• Strong start to reading in Reception, with knowledgeable staff and effective phonics support
• Well-sequenced curriculum with regular checks on what pupils remember
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, including clear plans and the Rainbow Room
• Strong personal development, including reflection, fairness and respect for differences
• Pastoral support and rigorous attendance analysis help pupils and families
• Leaders are mindful of staff workload and support professional development
• Governors provide effective challenge and consider pupils' best interests
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum does not always specify how and when pupils will learn some foundational knowledge
• Some pupils do not get enough practice in letter formation and using known sounds to spell accurately
• Sometimes pupils are given more complex tasks before securing the knowledge they need
• Recent changes to SEND support have not always been communicated effectively to parents
• Some parents of pupils with SEND do not fully understand the support in place
• Some parents feel they do not find out information in good time

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 Deer Park Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.7% 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 Deer Park 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 Deer Park Primary School had 27.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 6.2% of pupils at Deer Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 Deer Park Primary School received £6,307 and spent £6,243 for each of its 338 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £107,000 (£317 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 Deer Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Deer Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Deer Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Deer Park Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Deer Park Primary School have?

Deer Park Primary School has 338 pupils on roll.

What age range does Deer Park Primary School cover?

Deer Park Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Deer Park Primary School?

Deer Park Primary School is at New Road, Wingerworth, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S42 6TD.