Riddings Junior School

Academy converter·Primary school Alfreton, Derbyshire·DE55 4BW
Composite score
41.1
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#10,542
National rank
#919
In East Midlands
#162
In Derbyshire
Top 71%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
232
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
42.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,927
Typical primary: £6,960

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About Riddings Junior School

Riddings Junior School is a primary school in Alfreton, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 232 pupils aged 7 to 11 attend the school. 56% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 3.0 percentage points year on 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 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 19.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Riddings Junior 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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