St Werburgh's CofE Primary School

St Werburgh’s CofE Primary School demonstrates a good overall performance with notable strengths in personal development, which is outstanding. The school has cultivated a warm and inclusive environment where pupils embody Christian values, ensuring a strong sense of community. Students engage positively in lessons, supported by an ambitious curriculum that includes varied extracurricular opportunities. The leadership effectively manages both staff and curriculum, despite being a new inspection context for the school following its academy conversion in 2019.

Strengths

• Inclusive and nurturing environment
• Strong community feel among staff and pupils
• Effective phonics and reading programs
• Ambitious and well-planned wider curriculum
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs
• Excellent personal development and character education

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of planned learning opportunities in some foundation 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 St Werburgh's CofE Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% 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 St Werburgh's CofE 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 St Werburgh's CofE Primary School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.9% 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, 11.7% of pupils at St Werburgh's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 St Werburgh's CofE Primary School received £6,841 and spent £6,860 for each of its 287 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £104,000 (£361 per pupil).

Across all 33 schools of Derby Diocesan Academy Trust, income was £7,661 and spending £7,414 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 · Derby local authority: places and applications

St Werburgh's CofE Primary School is part of Derby Diocesan Academy Trust, which runs 33 schools. The nearest others:

• St James' Church of England Aided Junior School Derby
• Arboretum Primary School Derby
• Hardwick Primary School Derby
• Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School Derby
• Firs Primary School Derby
• Derby Cathedral School Derby
• Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School Derby
• Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and Nursery Derby
• Scargill CofE Primary School Ilkeston
• Stanley Common Church of England Primary School Ilkeston

What is St Werburgh's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Werburgh's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was St Werburgh's CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Werburgh's CofE Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does St Werburgh's CofE Primary School have?

St Werburgh's CofE Primary School has 281 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Werburgh's CofE Primary School cover?

St Werburgh's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Werburgh's CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Werburgh's CofE Primary School?

St Werburgh's CofE Primary School is at Church Street, Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 7LL.