Monyash CofE Primary School

Monyash C of E Primary School maintains its status as a good school, demonstrating a strong commitment to pupils' emotional and educational well-being. Pupils express high levels of satisfaction, feeling safe and supported, with positive interactions noted among different age groups. The school's curriculum is largely well-planned, with strengths in English, mathematics, and science, enabling pupils to enjoy learning and achieve well. However, areas such as phonics instruction and certain foundation subjects need more structured oversight to ensure that all pupils receive consistent support and achieve fluency in reading.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and are very happy at school.
• High expectations for pupils’ achievement in English, mathematics, and science.
• Effective emotional and social development support for pupils.
• Strong relationships among pupils, particularly between older and younger students.
• Well-planned curriculum in most subjects, promoting engagement and knowledge retention.
• Good promotional activities for social and cultural development.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent participation in phonics lessons hindering some pupils' progress.
• Insufficient emphasis on developing reading fluency for all pupils.
• Lack of clear knowledge and skill frameworks for physical education, music, and French.

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 Monyash CofE Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% 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 Monyash 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 Monyash CofE Primary School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.1% 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 Monyash CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 Monyash CofE Primary School received £11,440 and spent £11,148 for each of its 48 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £80,000 (£1,673 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 Monyash CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Monyash CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Monyash CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Monyash CofE Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Monyash CofE Primary School have?

Monyash CofE Primary School has 48 pupils on roll.

What age range does Monyash CofE Primary School cover?

Monyash CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 38% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Monyash CofE Primary School?

Monyash CofE Primary School is at Church Street, Monyash, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1JH.