Marlpool Junior School
Claramount Road, Heanor, DE75 7HS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Thorpe
- Federation
- Marlpool Federation of Schools
- Constituency
- Amber Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 160
- Pupils on roll
- 90
- URN
- 112561
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Telephone
- 01773712505
About this school
Marlpool Junior School is a community primary school in Heanor. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 90 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- 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 | 39 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 33% | 21% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 60% | 41% |
| Expected standard in maths | 49% | 50% | 38% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 50% | 45% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 100.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.90 | - | - |
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 Marlpool Junior 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 | 33% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 33% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 21% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 120 |
| 2023/24 | 100 |
| 2024/25 | 102 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Marlpool Junior School compares
Marlpool Junior School ranked 242nd of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 21% | 6.5% | 50% | 90 | — |
| Marlpool Infant School | — | 3.8% | 29.4% | 28 | 0.2 miles |
| Laceyfields Academy | — | 5.1% | 38.2% | 87 | 0.2 miles |
| Mundy CofE Junior School | 47% | 3.9% | 33% | 193 | 0.6 miles |
| Coppice Primary School | 79% | 4.9% | 35.6% | 235 | 0.6 miles |
| Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery | — | 5.9% | 42.1% | 99 | 0.7 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)
- 50%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 6.47%
- Persistent absence
- 15.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Marlpool Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Heanor
-
Laceyfields Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Heanor
-
Mundy CofE Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Heanor
-
Coppice Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Heanor
-
Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Nottingham
Other schools in Heanor
Marlpool Junior School ranks 5th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Heanor.
- Coppice Primary School Primary
- Corfield CofE Infant School Primary
- Howitt Primary Community School Primary
- Laceyfields Academy Primary
- Loscoe CofE Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Marlpool Infant School Primary
- Mundy CofE Junior School Primary
- Heanor Gate Spencer Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Marlpool Junior School teach?
- Marlpool Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Heanor.
- Who is the headteacher of Marlpool Junior School?
- The headteacher of Marlpool Junior School is Mrs Louise Thorpe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Marlpool Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Marlpool Junior 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 big is Marlpool Junior School?
- Marlpool Junior School has 90 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Marlpool Junior School full?
- Marlpool Junior School has capacity for 160 pupils and 90 on roll (56%), 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 Marlpool Junior School a faith school?
- No. Marlpool Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Marlpool Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Marlpool Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Marlpool Junior School?
- Marlpool Junior School is part of the Marlpool Federation of Schools federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Marlpool Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 21% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Marlpool Junior School rank locally?
- Marlpool Junior School ranked 242nd of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Marlpool Junior School's absence rate?
- Marlpool Junior School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Marlpool Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Marlpool Junior 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.