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Kirk Langley CofE Primary School

Primary · Ashbourne · DE6 4LQ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 5 March 2024

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At a glance

91 pupils · 87% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.kirklangley.derbyshire.sch.uk
URN
112833

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 9 families named it first for 11 Reception places, 0.82 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 5 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.82 first-choice applications per place

11 places offered · 9 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
89%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
33%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school89%
Median of its 12 closest peers75%
Derbyshire average59.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
St Peter's Brafferton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolYork · 82 miles awayRequires improvement67%
Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolMalpas · 49 miles awayGood44%
Bolton-On-Swale St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolRichmond · 100 miles awayGood87%
Lewknor Church of England Primary SchoolWatlington · 92 miles awayGood60%
Bugthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolYork · 80 miles awayNeeds attention57%
East Harptree Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 122 miles awayGood71%
Askwith Primary SchoolOtley · 69 miles awayOutstanding94%
Corfe Castle Church of England Primary SchoolWareham · 161 miles awayGood57%
Gorran SchoolSt Austell · 233 miles awayGood82%
Great Wood Community Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 17 miles awayNeeds attention79%
Ditcheat Primary SchoolShepton Mallet · 132 miles awayExpected standard80%
Moresby Primary SchoolWhitehaven · 138 miles awayGood80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 80% (Derbyshire 87%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Derbyshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Derbyshire 0%, England 5%) · Black African 3% (Derbyshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Derbyshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Derbyshire 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Derbyshire 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Derbyshire 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Derbyshire 1%, England 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)
2.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
18.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.3 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 £48,762; 16.7% 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£7,640
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 16% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 8% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £329,394; in-year balance -£9,807

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.9%62.3%
Social housing4.3%17.1%
Privately rented16.8%20.5%
Detached houses67.1%22.9%
Flats1.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms50.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034254 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£472,50072 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£335,000–£597,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (59)£530,000
Semi-detached (9)£255,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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