Padfield Community Primary School
Rhodes Street, Padfield, Glossop, SK13 1EQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Craig Woodward
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- High Peak
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 112
- Pupils on roll
- 92
- URN
- 112552
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01457852751
About this school
Padfield Community Primary School is a community primary school in Glossop. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 92 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Padfield Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 64% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 86% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 71% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 79% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
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 Padfield 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 | 62% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 115 |
| 2023/24 | 116 |
| 2024/25 | 108 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Padfield Community Primary School compares
Padfield Community Primary School ranked 157th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 3.9% | 17.6% | 92 | — |
| St Andrew's CofE Junior School | 59% | 4.4% | 37.1% | 220 | 0.6 miles |
| Hadfield Infant School | — | 4.9% | 29.3% | 140 | 0.6 miles |
| Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School | 63% | 6.6% | 24.3% | 110 | 0.9 miles |
| St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy | 76% | 4.4% | 23.8% | 168 | 0.9 miles |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | 57% | 4.2% | 18.4% | 201 | 1.1 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.59%
- English as an additional language
- 10.2%
- Overall absence
- 3.89%
- Persistent absence
- 4.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Andrew's CofE Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Glossop
-
Hadfield Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Glossop
-
Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Glossop
-
St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Glossop
-
St Luke's CofE Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Glossop
Other schools in Glossop
Padfield Community Primary School ranks 9th of the 13 ranked primary schools in Glossop.
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary School Primary
- Gamesley Primary School Primary
- Hadfield Infant School Primary
- Simmondley Primary School Primary
- St Andrew's CofE Junior School Primary
- St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Luke's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Padfield Community Primary School teach?
- Padfield Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Glossop.
- Who is the headteacher of Padfield Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Padfield Community Primary School is Mr Craig Woodward, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Padfield Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Padfield Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Padfield Community Primary School?
- Padfield Community Primary School has 92 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Padfield Community Primary School full?
- Padfield Community Primary School has capacity for 112 pupils and 92 on roll (82%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Padfield Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Padfield Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Padfield Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Padfield Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Padfield Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Padfield Community Primary School compare with other schools in Derbyshire?
- Padfield Community Primary School ranked 157th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Padfield Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Padfield Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Padfield Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Padfield 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 29 June 2026.