Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School

Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School continues to be recognized as a good school providing a supportive learning environment for its students. The school has made significant improvements in its curriculum and teaching approaches, resulting in pupils achieving well across a broad range of subjects. The positive relationships between staff, pupils, and the local community enhance the learning experience, ensuring that students feel safe and are encouraged to engage actively in their education. Notable strengths include effective partnerships with parents and a strong emphasis on holistic development through initiatives like guided meditation sessions. Despite these strengths, there are still areas for development, particularly in ensuring all aspects of the curriculum are equally well planned and taught. The phonics program, while generally supportive, has inconsistencies among staff, which affects its delivery and the engagement of some pupils. The school is committed to addressing these concerns and has planned next steps to develop its curriculum further.

Strengths

• Strong community involvement and support from parents
• Effective curriculum planning in most subjects
• Pupils achieve well and recall key knowledge
• Positive relationships enhance the learning environment
• Thoughtful strategies to support pupils with SEND
• Well-managed behavior and positive attitudes to learning
• Strong personal development curriculum fostering understanding of diversity

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of the phonics curriculum among staff
• Some subjects lack clear sequencing and development in the curriculum

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 Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.3% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School had 18.8 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, 17.6% of pupils at Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% 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 Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School received £7,930 and spent £8,230 for each of its 105 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £40,000 (-£379 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 Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School have?

Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School has 108 pupils on roll.

What age range does Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School cover?

Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School?

Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School is at Church Street, Fritchley, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2FQ.