Eureka Primary School

Eureka Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The community-feeling fostered among students and staff creates a supportive environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy attending. The school has established strong relationships, promotes high expectations, and offers a broad curriculum, with effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs. However, the inspection highlighted areas for improvement, particularly in the teaching of mathematics in key stage 2, where pupils' understanding and performance are not meeting expectations as consistently as in other subjects.

Strengths

• Strong inclusive school ethos and community feel
• High staff morale and ambition for all pupils
• Well-supported disadvantaged and SEND pupils
• Effective early years curriculum preparing children for key stage 1
• Positive relationships and good behaviour among pupils
• Effective teaching of phonics and early reading

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent support for pupils' understanding in some subjects
• Mathematics teaching does not enable all pupils to achieve their potential
• Teachers sometimes move too quickly to new concepts without ensuring understanding

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 Eureka Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.5% 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 Eureka 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 Eureka Primary School had 19.6 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, 18.8% of pupils at Eureka 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 Eureka Primary School received £8,239 and spent £7,949 for each of its 144 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £23,000 (£160 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 Eureka Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eureka Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Eureka Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Eureka Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Eureka Primary School have?

Eureka Primary School has 144 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eureka Primary School cover?

Eureka Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eureka Primary School?

Eureka Primary School is at Dunsmore Way, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7LA.