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Stanley Common Church of England Primary School

Primary · Ilkeston · DE7 6FS

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Inadequate

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, serious weaknesses, at the inspection of 23 November 2022. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: InadequateSafeguarding effective: No

Inspected 23 November 2022

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At a glance

33 pupils · 47% of 70 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
42.4% of pupils
English as additional language
2.6% of pupils
SEN support
23.7% of pupils
EHC plan
0% of pupils
URN
150624

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
0%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
98
England 105

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

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school0%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
Derbyshire average59.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
New Holland Church of England and Methodist Primary SchoolBarrow-upon-Humber · 65 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Ashton CofE Primary SchoolNorthampton · 61 miles awayGood43%
Kelling CE Primary SchoolKelling · 104 miles awayGood17%
Platts Heath Primary SchoolMaidstone · 150 miles awayGood56%
Ramshaw Primary SchoolBishop Auckland · 115 miles awayGood64%
Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk · 78 miles awayGood60%
Fourlanesend Community Primary SchoolTorpoint · 219 miles awayGood45%
Bakewell Methodist AcademyBakewell · 20 miles awayRequires improvement59%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolBucknell · 78 miles awayGood67%
Ulcombe Church of England Primary SchoolMaidstone · 149 miles awayGood (2016)15%
Ford End Church of England Primary SchoolChelmsford · 110 miles awayGood64%
St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton ParkBishop Auckland · 117 miles awayGood67%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.7%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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£10,737
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.3%62.3%
Social housing17.6%17.1%
Privately rented10.1%20.5%
Detached houses38.6%22.9%
Flats4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van14%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01019701 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,849 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£250,00059 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£176,000–£338,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (20)£383,500
Semi-detached (27)£250,000
Terraced (12)£173,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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
1a rural school averages 0.9

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other rural schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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