Asterdale Primary School

Asterdale Primary School is performing well across various domains with notable strengths in safeguarding, attendance, behaviour, early years education, and inclusion practices. The school has established an open culture of safety, ensuring that pupils feel secure and know they are valued. The leadership team has created an ambitious and coherent curriculum that supports the development of children from their first days and prepares them well for their future education. A commitment to meeting the needs of all pupils, including those with additional needs, is evident and effectively supported by staff training and external partnerships.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding standards that create a safe environment for pupils.
• High expectations leading to strong attendance and behaviour.
• Effective early years curriculum that prepares children for Year 1.
• Commitment to inclusion with effective support for pupils with additional needs.
• Positive relationships fostered between staff and pupils, enhancing the sense of belonging.

Areas for Improvement

• Some inconsistency in the application of the curriculum across 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 Asterdale Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.2% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Asterdale 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 Asterdale Primary School had 21.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.2% 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, 17.3% of pupils at Asterdale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Asterdale Primary School received £6,935 and spent £6,794 for each of its 221 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £155,000 (£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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Asterdale Primary School is part of Odyssey Collaborative Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Borrow Wood 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 Asterdale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Asterdale Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Asterdale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Asterdale Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Asterdale Primary School have?

Asterdale Primary School has 208 pupils on roll.

What age range does Asterdale Primary School cover?

Asterdale Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Asterdale Primary School?

Asterdale Primary School is at Borrowash Road, Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 7PH.