Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School

Tintwistle C of E Primary School continues to be a good school, demonstrating strong community ties and a caring environment where pupils feel safe and respected. The school has made significant improvements to its curriculum, which is both ambitious and engaging, and staff manage behavior effectively, contributing to a positive learning atmosphere. Parents express high satisfaction with the school, emphasizing its nurturing culture and sense of community.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a caring and supportive environment.
• High expectations for learning and behavior are set by leaders.
• Effective teaching of phonics enables early reading fluency.
• The school offers a wide range of extracurricular activities.
• Support for pupils with SEND is well-implemented.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subject leaders are still developing their leadership roles.
• The implementation of the curriculum needs more precise monitoring.

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 Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.2% 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, 2.6% of pupils at Tintwistle CofE (Aided) 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 Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School had 15.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.8% 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, 11.8% of pupils at Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School received £8,781 and spent £9,261 for each of its 108 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £6,000 (£58 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 Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School have?

Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School has 110 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School cover?

Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School?

Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School is at South Close, Tintwistle, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1LY.