St Edward's Catholic Academy

State-Funded School

st-edwards-catholic-academy-derbyshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

DerbyshireLocal Authority

South DerbyshireConstituency

DE11 0BDPostcode

2.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Edward's Catholic Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Derbyshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 248 pupils. St Edward's Catholic Academy is part of ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 55%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

248

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

23%

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 248
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025. 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
15 Oct 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	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.