Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Derbyshire·DE21 5BR
Composite score
39.5
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#11,080
National rank
#995
In East Midlands
#176
In Derbyshire
Top 75%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
9 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 10 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.7320240.8820250.902026

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

Every child who put Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
96
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
5.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,210
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School at a glance

Located in Derbyshire, Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 96 pupils aged 5 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 13.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 9 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.7%. There are about 22.9 pupils per teacher. Horsley CofE (Controlled) 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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