Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Derbyshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 17 June 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 14 June 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry42 applications · 29 places offered · 24 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.1; Derbyshire median median 2.1
- 2024 1.5; Derbyshire median median 2.1
- 2023 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.2
- 2022 1.8; Derbyshire median median 2.2
- 2021 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.2
- 2020 1.8; Derbyshire median median 2.2
- 2019 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2017 2.2; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Derbyshire median
Dashed bars: as Richardson Endowed Primary School (URN 112853), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 29 | 42 | 1.5 | 24 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 23 | 34 | 1.5 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2022 | 25 | 44 | 1.8 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 27 | 42 | 1.6 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 54 | 1.8 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2019 * | 27 | 39 | 1.4 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 25 | 49 | 2.0 | 27 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2017 * | 25 | 54 | 2.2 | 36 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2016 * | 25 | 35 | 1.4 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 * | 25 | 48 | 1.9 | 30 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2014 * | 25 | 46 | 1.8 | 30 | 1.20 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 67% · Writing 60% · Maths 70% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Derbyshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 50% | 7% | 103 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 0% | 103 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 57% | 17% | 106 | 102 |
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
- Richardson Endowed Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · DerbyshireGood20234.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Derbyshire20262.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · DerbyshireSerious weaknesses Inadequate20220%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · DerbyshireRequires significant improvement 20262.6applications per place
- 2.8 km · DerbyshireGood20232.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · DerbyshireGood20231.6applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · DerbyshireRemains Good202347%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · DerbyshireGood20221.4applications per place
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146495 · 830/3086
- Capacity
- 175 pupils · 184 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2019
- Replaced
- Richardson Endowed Primary School (URN 112853)
- Address
- Main Road, Smalley, Ilkeston, DE7 6EF
- Local authority
- Derbyshire · Amber Valley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources