St Luke's CofE Primary School

About St Luke's CofE Primary School

St Luke's CofE Primary School in High Peak holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement grade. The most recent graded inspection in 2016 awarded the school Good overall, with leadership and management also rated Good. An ungraded inspection in 2021 confirmed the school remains Good, and notably, the early years provision was judged Outstanding. For academic outcomes, the key metric is Key Stage 2 results from 2023/24. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 57%, which is just below the Derbyshire local authority average of 59%. This places the school 13th out of 34 primary schools in High Peak and in the bottom half nationally. While the combined figure is close to the local norm, individual subject results show variation: 73% of pupils met the expected standard in both reading and writing, but only 57% did so in maths.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 SATs data, the school's strengths lie in reading and writing. The average reading score was 106, and 27% of pupils achieved a higher standard in reading, compared with 17% in writing and just 13% in maths. Only 3% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects. The maths average score of 103 is solid but suggests room for improvement. The school's overall ranking score of 57 places it 132nd out of 353 primary schools in the Derbyshire local authority, and 808th out of 1,353 in the East Midlands region. This is a school where most children leave with a good foundation in literacy, but where maths outcomes are more mixed. The Ofsted report highlighted strong early years provision, and the school has maintained its Good rating consistently since the 2016 inspection, with no further graded inspections needed.

St Luke's is a Church of England primary school for 201 pupils, with a capacity of 210, so it is nearly full. It is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 54 applications for 30 places, with 31 first-preference applications and 30 offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.8. The school serves a community with 18.4% of pupils eligible for free school meals, slightly above the national average. Facilities include a forest school, sensory room, music rooms, chapel, sports hall, and outdoor playground. Sports offered are football, cricket, swimming and gymnastics, and clubs include book club, choir and drama. The school has a broad range of SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language needs, visual impairment, and physical disability. This is a good fit for families in High Peak seeking a church school with strong early years provision and a focus on reading and writing, though those prioritising maths outcomes may want to explore alternatives.

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