Longford CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Ashbourne, Derbyshire·DE6 3DR
Composite score
65.0
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#2,652
National rank
#173
In East Midlands
#37
In Derbyshire
Top 18%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
100%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
16
any preference, for 11 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.16
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9220230.8920240.7520250.912026

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

Every child who put Longford CofE 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
56
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
2.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,000
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Longford CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Ashbourne, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 56 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 100% 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%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 18% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Longford CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 11 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.3%. There are about 15.4 pupils per teacher. Longford CofE 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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