Eureka Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 5-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Dunsmore Way
Midway
Swadlincote
Derbyshire
DE11 7LA
Phone 01283216451
Reference Number 112677

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.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 146
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.32%
Girls: 50.68%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 32.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 9 11 20
2 11 6 17
3 11 10 21
4 7 15 22
5 9 14 23
6 15 8 23

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89%
White, Other 6.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.4%
Chinese 0.7%
African 0.7%
Mixed, Other 0.7%
Caribbean 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 31 Jan 2023
Date Report
31 Jan 2023 School inspection
29 Sep 2020 Monitoring visit
31 Jan 2018 Short inspection
05 Mar 2013 Full inspection:
18 Oct 2010 Full inspection:
12 Mar 2008 Full inspection:
10 Feb 2003 Full inspection

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

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 43%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 9%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 101
Maths 102

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -3.2
Writing -2
Maths -0.7

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 31 1
Third Preference 15 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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