St Luke's CofE Primary School

St Luke's CofE Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive Church of England primary where pupils behave well, feel safe and are proud of their school. Inspectors found safeguarding effective, leadership clear and aspirational, and governance strong. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, early years provision is a clear priority, and inclusion is a notable strength. Most areas of the school's work are judged at the expected standard. The main concern is achievement. Pupils' outcomes in mathematics and spelling and grammar have been below national averages over time, and disadvantaged pupils have not achieved as well as their peers. Leaders have identified these priorities and there are early signs of improvement, but the work is not yet consistently effective by the end of key stage 2. Other next steps include giving early readers more opportunities to develop fluency, setting out a clear handwriting strategy, and refining the attendance strategy to reduce persistent absence. The school has seen significant leadership change since its previous inspection, with all senior leaders appointed since then.

Strengths

• Safeguarding is effective, with an open culture in which concerns are actively identified and managed.
• Pupils behave well, show respect and resilience, and have positive attitudes to learning.
• Leaders have a clear, aspirational vision and are well supported by intelligent governance.
• The curriculum is broad and ambitious, and teachers deliver it effectively with strong subject knowledge.
• Early years provision is a clear priority and gives children a strong start, especially in reading, language and early mathematics.
• Inclusion is a strength: pupils with additional needs are identified promptly and supported to learn alongside their peers.
• The phonics approach is well embedded and pupils are supported to become fluent, confident readers over time.
• The enrichment programme is extensive and helps all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, try new things and develop talents.
• Staff feel well supported, and leaders consider workload and wellbeing.
• Most pupils attend well, and leaders monitor attendance and offer support and challenge to families.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' achievement in mathematics has been below national averages over time.
• Pupils' achievement in spelling and grammar has been below national averages over time.
• Disadvantaged pupils have not achieved as well as their peers.
• Leaders' improvements are not yet consistently effective in raising achievement by the end of key stage 2.
• Some early readers do not get enough opportunities to develop reading fluency.
• The school lacks an explicit handwriting strategy, leading to variability in legibility.
• The attendance strategy needs refining to reduce persistent absence.
• Pupils' understanding of some aspects of what makes people different is not as deeply developed.

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 St Luke's CofE Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.3% 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 St Luke's CofE 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 St Luke's CofE Primary School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.7% 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, 16.9% of pupils at St Luke's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.5% 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 St Luke's CofE Primary School received £6,463 and spent £7,001 for each of its 201 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £89,000 (£442 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 St Luke's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Luke's CofE Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in February 2026.

When was St Luke's CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Luke's CofE Primary School was last inspected in February 2026.

How many pupils does St Luke's CofE Primary School have?

St Luke's CofE Primary School has 201 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Luke's CofE Primary School cover?

St Luke's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Luke's CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Luke's CofE Primary School?

St Luke's CofE Primary School is at Spire Hollin, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7BS.