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Padfield Community Primary School

URN
112552
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Padfield Community Primary School
URN
112552
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

44 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

37

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

29

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
18 March 2025
Inspection date
25 February 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 18 March 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 18 March 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

7

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

31

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

7

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

4.43×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Derbyshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Derbyshire)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://www.padfieldschool.co.uk

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

83.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

78.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

72.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

56.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

SK13 1EQ - Rhodes Street, Padfield, Glossop, Derbyshire

Contact details

Address
Rhodes Street, Padfield, Glossop, Derbyshire
Postcode
SK13 1EQ
Phone
1457852751
Website
https://www.padfieldschool.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Derbyshire
Local authority code
830

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 730 schools in Derbyshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

730

Open schools

452

Closed schools

278

Primary schools

526

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 18 March 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 18 March 2025

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 18 March 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    18 March 202525 February 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 18 March 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      18 March 2025
      Inspected
      25 February 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    22.6%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 7

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    90

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary526 (72.9%)
    • Secondary90 (12.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other106 (14.7%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Hadfield Nursery School969 mNurseryOpen
    St Andrew's CofE Junior School987 mPrimaryOpen
    Hadfield Infant School1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    Glossopdale School1.1 kmSecondaryClosed
    Glossopdale School and Sixth Form1.1 kmSecondaryOpen
    Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School1.5 kmPrimaryOpen
    St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy1.5 kmPrimaryOpen
    St Charles's Catholic Primary1.5 kmPrimaryClosed
    Talbot House School1.6 kmNot applicableClosed
    St Luke's CofE Primary School1.7 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Hadfield Nursery School
      Distance
      969 m
      Phase
      Nursery
      Status
      Open
    • St Andrew's CofE Junior School
      Distance
      987 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Hadfield Infant School
      Distance
      1.0 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Glossopdale School
      Distance
      1.1 km
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Derbyshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abercrombie Primary SchoolPrimaryS41 7QEOpen
    Aldercar Infant SchoolPrimaryNG16 4GLClosed
    Aldercar Infant SchoolPrimaryNG16 4GLOpen
    All Saints Catholic Primary SchoolPrimarySK13 7RJClosed
    All Saints CofE Infant SchoolPrimaryDE4 3HXOpen
    • Abercrombie Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      S41 7QE
      Status
      Open
    • Aldercar Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NG16 4GL
      Status
      Closed
    • Aldercar Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NG16 4GL
      Status
      Open
    • All Saints Catholic Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      SK13 7RJ
      Status
      Closed
    • All Saints CofE Infant School
    Glossopdale School and Sixth Form
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School
    Distance
    1.5 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy
    Distance
    1.5 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Charles's Catholic Primary
    Distance
    1.5 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Talbot House School
    Distance
    1.6 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • St Luke's CofE Primary School
    Distance
    1.7 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    DE4 3HX
    Status
    Open