Rosliston CofE Primary School

Primary · Swadlincote · DE12 8JW

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: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 December 2025 · report published 11 February 2026

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At a glance

78 pupils · 77% of 101 capacity

School type: Voluntary controlled school
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Free school meals: 10.3% of pupils
English as additional language: 2.9% of pupils
SEN support: 10% of pupils
EHC plan: 0% of pupils
Website: http://www.rosliston.derbyshire.sch.uk
URN: 112851

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

5 places offered · 5 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

57%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

105

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

107

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

5.8%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

22.2%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

19.5

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,537

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

9 December 2025: Needs attention (report card inspection)
18 April 2023: Requires improvement (graded inspection)
18 June 2019: Requires improvement (graded inspection)
14 January 2016: Yes - improving (good) (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Pegasus SchoolNot yet graded · Special / other · 0.8 mi
Coton-in-the-Elms Cof E Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.9 mi
Walton On Trent CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolGood · Primary · 1.7 mi
Stanton Primary SchoolNeeds attention · Primary · 2.5 mi
River View Primary and Nursery SchoolGood · Primary · 2.7 mi
Paget High SchoolGood · Secondary · 2.8 mi
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary AcademyOutstanding · Secondary · 2.9 mi
Edge Hill AcademyGood · Primary · 2.9 mi

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