Draycott Community Primary School
Hopwell Road, Draycott, Derby, DE72 3NH
This school is closed (it closed in May 2024).
It was replaced by Draycott Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Claire Evans
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 229
- Pupils on roll
- 129
- URN
- 112538
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Draycott Community Primary School was a community primary school in Derby. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 129 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Draycott Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 53% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - |
| Writing progress | -4.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Draycott Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 165 |
| 2023/24 | 129 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Draycott Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 42% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.1% | 38.1% | 129 | — |
| Draycott Community Primary School | 75% | 5.4% | 30.1% | 105 | 0.0 miles |
| Firfield Primary School | 60% | 3.6% | 16.8% | 413 | 1.2 miles |
| Ashbrook Infant School | — | 4% | 20.7% | 122 | 1.7 miles |
| Ashbrook Junior School | 60% | 4.3% | 33.5% | 168 | 1.7 miles |
| Shardlow Primary School | 86% | 3.8% | 14.7% | 89 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.1%
- English as an additional language
- 3.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.1%
- Persistent absence
- 14.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Draycott Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Firfield Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Ashbrook Infant School1.7 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Ashbrook Junior School1.7 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Shardlow Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Derby
Other schools in Derby
- Akaal Primary School Primary
- Allenton Primary School Primary
- Alvaston Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Alvaston Junior Academy Primary
- Arboretum Primary School Primary
- Ash Croft Primary Academy Primary
- Ashbrook Infant School Primary
- Ashbrook Junior School Primary
- Ashgate Primary School Primary
- Ashwood Spencer Academy Primary
- Asterdale Primary School Primary
- Aston-on-Trent Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Draycott Community Primary School teach?
- Draycott Community Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Derby.
- Has Draycott Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Draycott Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Draycott Community Primary School?
- Draycott Community Primary School had 129 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Draycott Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Draycott Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Draycott Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 9 July 2024.