Primary school

Wirksworth Junior School

  • Community School
  • ages 7–11
  • Mixed
  • Derbyshire
  • DE4 4FD
Ofsted Good · inspected Jun 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 13,320 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 89%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 36%36%2016/17: top 61%2017/18: top 61%2018/19: top 34%34% · 2018/192022/23: top 34%2023/24: top 84%2024/25: top 89%No exams

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWM44% · East Midlands 63%Small cohort: 25 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM4% · East Midlands 6%Small cohort: 25 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score103 · East Midlands 105Small cohort: 25 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score99 · East Midlands 104Small cohort: 25 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 61% · 36 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 59% · 39 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 63% · 30 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 73% · 41 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 68% · 38 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 46% · 26 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 44% · 25 pupils · East Midlands 63%73%44%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 11% · 36 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 3% · 39 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 3% · 30 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 10% · 41 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 5% · 38 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 4% · 26 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 4% · 25 pupils · East Midlands 6%11%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 104 · 36 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 104 · 39 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 104 · 30 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 105 · 41 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 107 · 38 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 106 · 26 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 103 · 25 pupils · East Midlands 105107103No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 103 · 36 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 104 · 39 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 103 · 30 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 104 · 41 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 103 · 38 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 103 · 26 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 99 · 25 pupils · East Midlands 10410499No exams

Getting in

No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2011–2023

  1. 2011Satisfactory
  2. 2013Good
  3. 2017Requires improvement
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2019Requires improvement
  6. 2021Ungraded visit
  7. 2021Ungraded visit
  8. 2023Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 202676
Free school meals (past 6 years)26.7%
First language not English0.0%
SEN support13.9%
EHC plan5.8%
Absence (sessions missed)4.2%
Persistently absent pupils10.1%

Girls 59.3%Boys 40.7%

31.7% full · 240 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.1
Pupils per adult8.4
  • Classroom teachers 3.2
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 4.8
  • Other support 2.2

Teachers 4.2 FTE · Whole workforce 11.3 · 16 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£10,216
Spend per pupil£10,267
Staff spend per pupil£7,390
Reserve per pupil£1,858
  • +£141,233revenue reserve
  • −£3,875in-year balance

Grants £9,567 · self-generated £649 · premises £619 per pupil