Simmondley Primary School

State-Funded School

simmondley-primary-school-derbyshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

DerbyshireLocal Authority

High PeakConstituency

SK13 6NNPostcode

4.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Simmondley Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Derbyshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 293 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 59%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

96%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Pupils

293

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 293
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 27 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
19 Jan 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.