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Stenson Fields Primary Community School

Primary · Derby · DE24 3BW

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Needs attentionInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 15 September 2026 · report published 6 October 2026

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At a glance

328 pupils · 78% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
36.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.stensonfieldsprimary.co.uk/
URN
112781

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 26 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 15 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

26 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

51 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
33%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school33%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
Derbyshire average59.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary SchoolCorby · 43 miles awayGood72%
Sandy Lane Primary SchoolBradford · 66 miles awayGood76%
St George's Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby · 1 miles awayOutstanding75%
John Stainer Community Primary SchoolLondon · 115 miles awayOutstanding61%
Heene CofE Primary SchoolWorthing · 150 miles awayInadequate43%
Myatt Garden Primary SchoolLondon · 115 miles awayNo current grade71%
Oakdale Junior SchoolLondon · 110 miles awayGood70%
St Andrew's Ceva Primary SchoolNorthampton · 52 miles awayGood60%
Kingsway Primary SchoolLeicester · 22 miles awayGood49%
Wellington Community Primary SchoolAldershot · 116 miles awayGood61%
Richard Lee Primary SchoolCoventry · 32 miles awayNeeds attention53%
South Hill Primary SchoolHemel Hempstead · 89 miles awayGood53%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 42% (Derbyshire 87%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 26% (Derbyshire 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Derbyshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Derbyshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Derbyshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Derbyshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Derbyshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Derbyshire 3%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Derbyshire 0%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Derbyshire 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Derbyshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Derbyshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Derbyshire 0%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Derbyshire 1%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.30 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Derbyshire: 3.13 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

75% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,965; 15% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,468
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£59,959; in-year balance +£22,552

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.9%62.3%
Social housing7.7%17.1%
Privately rented17.3%20.5%
Detached houses34.7%22.9%
Flats3.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019873 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£214,000254 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£174,000–£275,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (100)£283,000
Semi-detached (78)£210,000
Terraced (75)£164,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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