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St Hardulph's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Derby · DE73 8AN

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Expected standard

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: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 15 September 2026 · report published 14 October 2026

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At a glance

58 pupils · 55% 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
3.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.st-hardulphs.leics.sch.uk
URN
120119

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 7 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 15 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

7 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
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 school50%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
Leicestershire average63.1%
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
Broad Hinton Church of England Primary SchoolSwindon · 93 miles awayGood86%
Cranham Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 76 miles awayGood78%
Finmere Church of England Primary SchoolBuckingham · 58 miles awayGood88%
Mithian SchoolSt Agnes · 236 miles awayGood63%
Pilsley CofE Primary SchoolBakewell · 31 miles awayGood80%
Eileen Wade Primary SchoolHuntingdon · 53 miles awayExpected standard60%
Ashdon Primary SchoolSaffron Walden · 89 miles awayNeeds attention20%
South Kilvington Church of England AcademyThirsk · 100 miles awayStrong standard92%
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolOldham · 61 miles awayNeeds attention70%
Ubley Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 116 miles awayGood45%
Danehill Church of England Primary SchoolHaywards Heath · 136 miles awayGood55%
Plumbland CofE SchoolWigton · 155 miles awayNeeds attention67%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
12 of 12 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Leicestershire 73%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%)

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)
2.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7%
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 · Leicestershire: 2.10 suspensions and 0.02 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
14.9
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)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 1 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 £51,133; 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£13,124
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 61% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 26% (9%) · educational supplies 10% (4%) · bought-in professional services 14% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£245,045; in-year balance -£113,842

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health54%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.9%62.3%
Social housing5.1%17.1%
Privately rented19%20.5%
Detached houses52%22.9%
Flats2.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025924 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£320,00036 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£278,500–£461,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (23)£428,000
Semi-detached (8)£262,500
Terraced (5)£279,500

Homes around this school are dearer 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a 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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