Primary school

Arkwright Primary School

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Derbyshire
  • S44 5BZ
Ofsted areas (no overall grade) · inspected Jun 2025

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 12,803 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 86%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 70%70%2016/17: top 1%1% · 2016/172017/18: top 34%2018/19: top 89%2022/23: top 92%2023/24: top 66%2024/25: top 86%No exams

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWM47% · East Midlands 63%Small cohort: 17 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM6% · East Midlands 6%Small cohort: 17 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score103 · East Midlands 105Small cohort: 17 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score103 · East Midlands 104Small cohort: 17 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 46% · 13 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 100% · 9 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 73% · 15 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 47% · 17 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 38% · 13 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 56% · 16 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 47% · 17 pupils · East Midlands 63%100%38%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 13 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 11% · 9 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 13% · 15 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 12% · 17 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 0% · 13 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 6% · 16 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 6% · 17 pupils · East Midlands 6%13%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 13 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 108 · 9 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 106 · 15 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 102 · 17 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 100 · 13 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 104 · 16 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 103 · 17 pupils · East Midlands 105108100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 99 · 13 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 107 · 9 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 105 · 15 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 102 · 17 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 102 · 13 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 105 · 16 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 103 · 17 pupils · East Midlands 10410799No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
11 of 11 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1111
2nd30
3rd20

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2025

  • Personal developmentGood
  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Early years provisionGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • SafeguardingEffective
  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Goodas predecessor
  4. 2017Ungraded visitas predecessor
  5. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2025All areas Goodas predecessor

inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 202699
Free school meals (past 6 years)42.4%
First language not English2.1%
SEN support20.6%
EHC plan6.2%
Absence (sessions missed)5.8%
Persistently absent pupils21.8%

Girls 54.6%Boys 45.4%

82.5% full · 120 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.5
Pupils per adult9.6
  • Classroom teachers 5
  • Leadership 0.8
  • Teaching assistants 4
  • Other support 2.2

Teachers 5.8 FTE · Whole workforce 12.1 · 22 people

Financials

No AAR return published for this school