Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School

Stoney Middleton CofE Primary School is performing well, maintaining a good level of overall effectiveness. The school offers a personalized learning experience in a nurturing environment, which contributes to pupils feeling safe and valued. With a high percentage of students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), the school demonstrates strong support and high expectations for all learners. Collaborative 'together days' with other schools enrich the social experience of pupils who benefit from working with a broader group while ensuring inclusive practices are embraced across the federation.

Strengths

• Highly personalised learning in a small school setting
• Nurturing and inclusive school culture
• Effective phonics teaching with clear modeling
• Good subject knowledge among staff
• Tailored support for pupils with SEND
• Close monitoring of pupil attendance
• Well-planned personal, social and health education (PSHE) programme

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent clarity in curriculum sequencing for some foundation subjects
• Checks on curriculum implementation lack depth in certain subjects

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 2020–21, 0.0% of pupils at Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 0.5%). 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 Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School had 12.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2019–20, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 13.7%).

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, 50.0% of pupils at Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% 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 Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School received £15,342 and spent £17,780 for each of its 20 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £57,000 (£2,869 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 Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School have?

Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School has 20 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School cover?

Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School?

Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School is at High Street, Stoney Middleton, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, S32 4TL.