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Darley Dale Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 214Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 112591URN

Greenaway Lane, Hackney, Matlock, DE4 2QB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodNov 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Derbyshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Derbyshire

58 applications for 29 places · 88th of 184 in Derbyshire
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
63%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodNov 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025
The graded inspection, 26 November 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 29 January 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 26 November 2019
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.0applications per place, Reception
close to Derbyshire median (2.0) close to England median (2.2)

58 applications · 29 places offered · 29 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.8; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.7; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.4; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  5. 2022 3.1; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.5; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.5; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  8. 2019 2.7; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.6; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.4; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.6; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  12. 2015 3.0; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202629582.0291.00
Sep 202528511.8281.00
Sep 202430501.7321.07
Sep 202326622.4261.00
Sep 202218553.1181.00
Sep 202130762.5341.13
Sep 202024612.5241.00
Sep 201930812.7311.03
Sep 201830772.6290.97
Sep 201730732.4361.20
Sep 201630792.6361.20
Sep 201530893.0441.47
Sep 201426512.0261.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 73% · Maths 83% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard63%113th of 245 in Derbyshire
Reading
Expected standard80%
Higher standard37%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard83%
Higher standard40%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2563%13%106107
2023/2461%3%105105
2022/2381%25%111109

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
112591 · 830/2172
Capacity
210 pupils · 214 on roll
Free school meals
22.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Greenaway Lane, Hackney, Matlock, DE4 2QB
Local authority
Derbyshire · Derbyshire Dales

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources