Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Ilkeston, Derbyshire·DE7 6BT
Composite score
36.4
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#11,996
National rank
#1098
In East Midlands
#197
In Derbyshire
Top 81%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
9 first choices, 9 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
37
any preference, for 9 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Mapperley 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
56
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
1.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,611
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School at a glance

Located in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Mapperley 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 56 pupils aged 5 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 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 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Mapperley 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 6.1%. There are about 14.6 pupils per teacher. Mapperley 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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