St Werburgh's CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Derby·DE21 7LL
Composite score
62.1
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#3,372
National rank
#233
In East Midlands
#8
In Derby
Top 23%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
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
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 32 places
First choices per place
0.84
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
65
any preference, for 32 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9020230.9120240.9420250.842026

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

Every child who put St Werburgh's 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
287
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,554
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Werburgh's CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Derby, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 287 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Werburgh's CofE Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 23% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Werburgh's CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 20.6 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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