Ladywood Primary School

Ladywood Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected domains, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. As this is the school's first inspection since becoming an academy in December 2020, it reflects the commitment of the staff and leadership to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment, supported by strong community engagement. The school emphasizes early reading and language development and provides an ambitious curriculum, particularly for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Warm and welcoming school environment
• Strong engagement with parents and the community
• Effective early years provision focusing on reading and language development
• Inclusive education with high expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Pupils' active participation in school life through leadership roles and school council
• High-quality training and support for staff

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack regular revisiting of key content, affecting knowledge retention
• Pupils do not have an adequate understanding of British values or equality

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 Ladywood Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Ladywood 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 Ladywood Primary School had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.1% 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, 25.2% of pupils at Ladywood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Ladywood Primary School received £8,406 and spent £8,078 for each of its 299 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £89,000 (£297 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Embark Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,703 and spending £7,965 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 Ilkeston · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

Ladywood Primary School is part of Embark Multi Academy Trust, which runs 29 schools. The nearest others:

• Field House Infant School Ilkeston
• Chaucer Infant School Ilkeston
• Chaucer Junior School Ilkeston
• Richardson Endowed Primary School Ilkeston
• Howitt Primary Community School Heanor
• Draycott Community Primary School Derby
• Horsley Woodhouse Primary School Ilkeston
• Aldercar High School Nottingham
• Aldercar Infant School Nottingham
• Kilburn Junior School Belper

What is Ladywood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ladywood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Ladywood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ladywood Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Ladywood Primary School have?

Ladywood Primary School has 305 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ladywood Primary School cover?

Ladywood Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ladywood Primary School?

Ladywood Primary School is at Oliver Road, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4NH.