All Saints CofE Junior School

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All Saints CofE Junior School in Derbyshire Dales holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained since its most recent graded inspection in 2012 and confirmed in an ungraded visit in 2021. The school’s academic story is best told through its Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year, where 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits well above the Derbyshire local authority average of 59%, placing the school in the top 25% nationally for this key measure. Within the Derbyshire Dales local area, it ranks 7th out of 35 primary schools, putting it in the 20th percentile locally. The school also performs strongly on the higher standard, with 15% of pupils achieving that level across all three subjects, and particularly strong maths results where 43% reached the higher threshold.

Looking more closely at individual subjects, the school’s maths average score of 109 and reading average of 107 both suggest solid progress from Key Stage 1, though the data does not include specific progress scores. In maths, 93% of pupils reached the expected standard, and 85% did so in reading, while writing and the combined measure both sat at 80%. The school’s Ofsted report from 2012 gave top marks for leadership and management and overall effectiveness, and the 2021 ungraded inspection confirmed that the school continues to provide a Good standard of education. The previous inspection in 2010 had rated the school as Requires Improvement, so the turnaround to Good and the sustained performance since then is a clear positive. With 219 pupils on roll against a capacity of 240, the school is not oversubscribed, which may offer some flexibility for families looking to join in upper Key Stage 2.

The school serves a Church of England community and offers a range of facilities including art studios, music rooms, a gymnasium, a sensory room and a chapel. Sports provision covers cricket, football, gymnastics and dance, while extracurricular clubs include coding, art, book club, gardening, choir and film club. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists support for moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 14.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school has a slightly above-average proportion of disadvantaged pupils compared with the national primary average. This is a school that suits families who value strong academic outcomes in a faith-based setting, with a broad range of enrichment activities and a clear track record of improvement from a previous Requires Improvement rating.

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