William Levick Primary School

Community school·Primary school Dronfield, Derbyshire·S18 8YB
Composite score
67.8
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#2,093
National rank
#140
In East Midlands
#29
In Derbyshire
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
81%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
85%
27 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
70
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.2320230.9020240.8120250.902026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Derbyshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for William Levick Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
210
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,210
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About William Levick Primary School

William Levick Primary School is a primary school in Dronfield, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 210 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 81% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 11.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 14% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 85% of the families who made William Levick Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 23.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. William Levick Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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