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Mugginton CofE Primary School

Primary · Ashbourne · DE6 4PL

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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 31 January 2023

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At a glance

68 pupils · 139% of 49 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
7.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.muggintonschool.co.uk
URN
112862

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 4.246 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 31 January 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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. Places by distance, last offered at 4.246 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 4.246 miles

measured in a straight line.

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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
78%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
33%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school78%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
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
The Faber Catholic Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 14 miles awayGood64%
Sessay Church of England Primary SchoolThirsk · 83 miles awayGood27%
Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 123 miles awayNo current grade60%
Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWare · 99 miles awayGood56%
Calstock Community Primary SchoolCalstock · 205 miles awayExpected standard73%
Georgeham Church of England Primary SchoolBraunton · 169 miles awayGood46%
Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham · 36 miles awayGood43%
Coppull St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolChorley · 63 miles awayGood53%
Meavy Church of England Primary SchoolYelverton · 202 miles awayNo current grade59%
Great Paxton CofE Primary SchoolSt Neots · 76 miles awayGood65%
Laughton Community Primary SchoolLewes · 162 miles awayGood40%
Riston Church of England Primary AcademyHull · 81 miles awayGood69%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 98% (Derbyshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other White background 2% (Derbyshire 3%, England 7%)

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)
3.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.5%
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
16.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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)

28.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 33.5 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 £50,514; 20% 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£8,397
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £30,975; in-year balance -£14,587

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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

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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