Ilam Church of England Primary School
Primary · Ashbourne · DE6 2AZ
Data updated
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.
Inspected 12 September 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
40 pupils · 57% of 70 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.ilam.staffs.sch.uk/
- URN
- 151577
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 2 families named it first for 2 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2013; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 12 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2013 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2013 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Ashbourne school admissions · Staffordshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 100% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,620; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 33.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 18% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 33% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 12.8% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 80.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 4.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 14.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 62.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 0.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 31.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 6.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029801 · 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