Shardlow Primary School

Shardlow Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas such as the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. This is the school’s first inspection since becoming an academy, marking an important milestone after a longer gap than usual due to previous exemption from routine inspections. Pupils express enjoyment in their lessons, indicating the curriculum is engaging and well implemented. The school promotes a caring and supportive atmosphere that enhances students’ well-being and engagement in learning.

Strengths

• School has a happy and caring ethos.
• Pupils praise the interesting lessons and activities.
• Leaders promote a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
• Strong prioritization of reading across the curriculum.
• Effective support and involvement for pupils with SEND.
• Strong governance with skilled and supportive governors.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not always check pupils' understanding quickly.
• Some subjects lack full refinement in curriculum design.

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 Shardlow Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Shardlow 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 Shardlow Primary School had 15.3 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 Shardlow Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 2024–25 Shardlow Primary School received £8,423 and spent £8,833 for each of its 95 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £216,000 (-£2,272 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of One Academy Trust, income was £7,036 and spending £7,198 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Derby · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

Shardlow Primary School is part of One Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Sawley Infant and Nursery School Nottingham
• Sawley Junior School Nottingham
• Dovedale Primary School Nottingham
• Derwent Primary School Derby
• Southwark Primary School Nottingham
• Arnbrook Primary School Nottingham
• Abbey Primary School Mansfield

What is Shardlow Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Shardlow Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Shardlow Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Shardlow Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Shardlow Primary School have?

Shardlow Primary School has 89 pupils on roll.

What age range does Shardlow Primary School cover?

Shardlow Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Shardlow Primary School?

Shardlow Primary School is at Shardlow Primary School, London Road, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2GR.