Borrow Wood Primary School

Borrow Wood Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in key areas such as the quality of education and leadership, with outstanding ratings in behaviour and attitudes, as well as personal development. This marks the school's first inspection since joining the Odyssey Collaborative Trust in March 2019, having previously required improvement before conversion to an academy. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to high expectations, fostering an environment where pupils feel safe, supported, and motivated to learn, with a strong focus on values that prepare them for modern society.

Strengths

• High expectations and clear values promoting a positive school culture.
• Excellent behaviour and attitudes among pupils.
• Strong personal development curriculum that prepares pupils for life in modern Britain.
• Effective early years provision with a focus on language and vocabulary acquisition.
• Ambitious and well-organised curriculum implemented consistently in most subjects.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the implementation of the curriculum in a few 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 Borrow Wood Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.9% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Borrow Wood Primary 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 Borrow Wood Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.8% 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, 14.1% of pupils at Borrow Wood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 16 pupils.

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 Borrow Wood Primary School received £5,383 and spent £7,831 for each of its 284 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £200,000 (£703 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Odyssey Collaborative Trust, income was £6,956 and spending £6,799 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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Borrow Wood Primary School is part of Odyssey Collaborative Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Asterdale Primary School Derby
• Springfield Primary School Derby
• Cherry Tree Hill Primary School Derby
• Oakwood Junior School Derby
• Beaufort Primary School Derby
• Portway Junior School Derby

What is Borrow Wood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Borrow Wood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Borrow Wood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Borrow Wood Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Borrow Wood Primary School have?

Borrow Wood Primary School has 276 pupils on roll.

What age range does Borrow Wood Primary School cover?

Borrow Wood Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Borrow Wood Primary School?

Borrow Wood Primary School is at Arundel Drive, Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 7QW.