Primary school

New Mills Primary School

  • Community School
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Derbyshire
  • SK22 4AY
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2013

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 9,583 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 64%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 39%39%2016/17: top 47%2017/18: top 26%26% · 2017/182018/19: top 40%2022/23: top 95%2023/24: top 88%2024/25: top 64%No exams

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWM59% · East Midlands 63%Small cohort: 27 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM4% · East Midlands 6%Small cohort: 27 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score106 · East Midlands 105Small cohort: 27 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score103 · East Midlands 104Small cohort: 27 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 60% · 35 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 65% · 20 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 77% · 31 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 71% · 28 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 33% · 27 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 43% · 35 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 59% · 27 pupils · East Midlands 63%77%33%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 6% · 35 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 5% · 20 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 0% · 31 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 7% · 28 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 7% · 27 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 9% · 35 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 4% · 27 pupils · East Midlands 6%9%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 107 · 35 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 104 · 20 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 108 · 31 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 110 · 28 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 106 · 27 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 105 · 35 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 106 · 27 pupils · East Midlands 105110104No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 105 · 35 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 104 · 20 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 105 · 31 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 108 · 28 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 102 · 27 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 101 · 35 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 103 · 27 pupils · East Midlands 104108101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in88.2%
30 of 34 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 88.2%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st3430
2nd110
3rd110

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Satisfactory
  2. 2011Satisfactory
  3. 2013Good
  4. 2018Remains Good
  5. 2023Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026216
Free school meals (past 6 years)20.3%
First language not English0.5%
SEN support12.7%
EHC plan2.8%
Absence (sessions missed)4.2%
Persistently absent pupils7.0%

Girls 53.8%Boys 46.2%

98.2% full · 220 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.8
Pupils per adult13.0
  • Classroom teachers 9
  • Leadership 1.4
  • Teaching assistants 6.2
  • Other support 4.8

Teachers 10.4 FTE · Whole workforce 21.3 · 34 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,022
Spend per pupil£6,951
Staff spend per pupil£5,104
Reserve per pupil−£67
  • −£14,486revenue reserve
  • +£15,425in-year balance

Grants £6,299 · self-generated £723 · premises £335 per pupil