Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Derbyshire·DE72 3SU
Composite score
41.6
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National rank
#894
In East Midlands
#158
In Derbyshire
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
93%
15 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 15 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.9120241.0020251.002026

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 Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
87
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,559
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary School

Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary School is a primary school in Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 87 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 6.0 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 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 93% of the families who made Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) 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 4.8%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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