Great Hucklow CE Primary

Great Hucklow CE Primary School is performing well overall, rated as good across various domains, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school fosters a positive and inclusive environment where strong relationships are built between pupils and staff. Notably, the school has implemented an ambitious curriculum that places a central focus on reading and provides pupils with diverse learning experiences. However, improvements in early years provision are needed, particularly in curriculum documentation, which lacks detail in some areas, to ensure that all children can achieve good developmental outcomes.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community among students and staff.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.
• Well-structured and ambitious curriculum.
• Positive pupil attitudes and behaviour.
• Effective safeguarding measures are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years curriculum documentation lacks detail.
• Subject leaders are still developing their leadership skills.

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 Great Hucklow CE Primary attended 91.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 30.0% 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 Great Hucklow CE Primary 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 Great Hucklow CE Primary had 12.4 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, 30.3% of pupils at Great Hucklow CE Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.1% 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 Great Hucklow CE Primary received £15,926 and spent £13,895 for each of its 33 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £113,000 (£3,426 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 Great Hucklow CE Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Great Hucklow CE Primary is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Great Hucklow CE Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Great Hucklow CE Primary was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Great Hucklow CE Primary have?

Great Hucklow CE Primary has 33 pupils on roll.

What age range does Great Hucklow CE Primary cover?

Great Hucklow CE Primary for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Great Hucklow CE Primary?

Great Hucklow CE Primary is at School Lane, Great Hucklow, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 8RG.