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St Edward's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Derby · DE74 2LH

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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 26 October 2022

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At a glance

166 pupils · 79% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
17.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
16.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stedwards-cd.leics.sch.uk
URN
120122

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.79 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 26 October 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.79 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 23 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
Leicestershire average63.1%
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
Saint Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolCongleton · 43 miles awayRequires improvement53%
Brinsworth Howarth Primary SchoolRotherham · 38 miles awayGood66%
St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, BoltonBolton · 70 miles awayGood58%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolBlackpool · 98 miles awayGood73%
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary SchoolPreston · 84 miles awayRequires improvement65%
Bishop Perrin Church of England Primary SchoolTwickenham · 105 miles awayOutstanding83%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, AxminsterAxminster · 159 miles awayGood (2019)21%
Staplegrove Church SchoolTaunton · 147 miles awayGood63%
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy, EastonNorwich · 105 miles awayGood75%
St Wilfrids Catholic Primary SchoolWigan · 70 miles awayExpected standard63%
Wiveliscombe Primary SchoolTaunton · 150 miles awayGood60%
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolSittingbourne · 136 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Leicestershire 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Leicestershire 4%, England 7%) · Not recorded 3% (Leicestershire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Leicestershire 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Leicestershire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Leicestershire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Leicestershire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Leicestershire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leicestershire 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)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.1%
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
19.3
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)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.2 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 £56,604; 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£7,092
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £128,263; 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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier49%62.3%
Social housing17.9%17.1%
Privately rented33%20.5%
Detached houses19.6%22.9%
Flats22%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van20.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035099 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£275,000265 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£232,000–£349,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (141)£345,000
Semi-detached (84)£245,000
Terraced (32)£229,000
Flat (8)£149,500

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
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
5a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
9a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a 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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