Ridgeway Infant School

Ridgeway Infant School continues to demonstrate good performance overall, marked by strong community engagement and effective support for students, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Leaders foster an infectious aspiration for high achievement, resulting in pupils who are excited to learn and engaged in their educational journey. Feedback from parents reflects satisfaction with the support provided, especially for children with SEND, indicating the school's commitment to inclusivity and diversity.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community with parental involvement
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Engaging and fun learning environment
• Well-structured curriculum that revisits key knowledge
• High expectations for behavior maintained consistently
• Strong safeguarding culture ensuring pupil safety
• High staff morale with manageable workload

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checks on pupils' retention of knowledge in a few subjects
• Too many pupils are persistently absent, affecting their education

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 Ridgeway Infant School attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.3% 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 Ridgeway Infant 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 Ridgeway Infant School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.4% 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, 12.7% of pupils at Ridgeway Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.9% 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 Ridgeway Infant School received £8,771 and spent £8,729 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £35,000 (£151 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 Ridgeway Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ridgeway Infant School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Ridgeway Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ridgeway Infant School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Ridgeway Infant School have?

Ridgeway Infant School has 229 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ridgeway Infant School cover?

Ridgeway Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Ridgeway Infant School?

Ridgeway Infant School is at Uplands Avenue, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 1GG.