Hemington Primary School

Hemington Primary School is a small community primary school with 57 pupils. Following its November 2024 graded inspection, it was judged Good in all four key areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. Inspectors found a happy, caring school where pupils are proud, respectful and safe, and where the school’s values of respect, responsibility and readiness are evident daily. Leadership has a clear vision and has improved provision since the previous inspection, with strong pastoral care and positive relationships with parents. The school performs particularly well in reading and mathematics, where curriculums are well developed, and in supporting pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Early years children get off to a strong start, behaviour has improved, and personal development is well promoted through PSHE and pupil leadership. Safeguarding is effective. However, a minority of subject curriculums are not as ambitious or consistently implemented, and assessment approaches are not securely embedded in some subjects, meaning some pupils do not build key knowledge as well as they could. This was a graded inspection under the current framework, so no overall effectiveness grade was given; the previous inspection also judged the school Good. The two co-headteachers took up post in August 2023, and the two co-chairs of governors took up their shared responsibilities in September 2024. The school has a small early years provision and does not use alternative provision.

Strengths

• Strong reading and phonics provision with consistent teaching
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Well-developed early years provision where children get off to a great start
• High expectations for behaviour that are met
• Strong pastoral care and personal development
• Broad curriculum with particularly well-developed English and mathematics
• Positive relationships with parents
• Pupils are respectful, polite and welcoming
• Staff feel supported and positive about leadership
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Pupil leadership and character development are well promoted

Areas for Improvement

• Some subject curriculums are not as ambitious as they should be
• Some subjects are not implemented consistently well
• Assessment approaches are not securely embedded in some subjects
• Errors and misconceptions are not always identified quickly
• Adults’ subject knowledge occasionally limits learning opportunities
• Pupils do not consistently build key knowledge over time in weaker 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 2024–25 pupils at Hemington Primary School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.5% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Hemington 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 Hemington Primary School had 11.5 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, 19.1% of pupils at Hemington Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.5% 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 Hemington Primary School received £11,794 and spent £11,965 for each of its 47 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £53,000 (£1,138 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 Hemington Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hemington Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Hemington Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hemington Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Hemington Primary School have?

Hemington Primary School has 47 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hemington Primary School cover?

Hemington Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hemington Primary School?

Hemington Primary School is at Main Street, Hemington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE74 2RB.