Cotmanhay Junior School
Beauvale Drive, Ilkeston, DE7 8RR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Robinson
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 313
- Pupils on roll
- 273
- URN
- 112569
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159322011
About this school
Cotmanhay Junior School is a community primary school in Ilkeston. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 273 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cotmanhay Junior 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
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 67 | 75 | 79 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 40% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 3% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 52% | 56% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 55% | 62% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 54% | 55% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
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 Cotmanhay 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 | 46% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 38% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 296 |
| 2023/24 | 308 |
| 2024/25 | 284 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cotmanhay Junior School compares
Cotmanhay Junior School ranked 213th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38% | 7% | 67.6% | 273 | — |
| Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School | — | 7% | 72.1% | 229 | 0.0 miles |
| Granby Junior School | 46% | 4.9% | 35.7% | 286 | 0.7 miles |
| Charlotte Nursery and Infant School | — | 5.4% | 33.9% | 288 | 0.7 miles |
| Awsworth Primary and Nursery School | 59% | 4.6% | 23.3% | 262 | 1.1 miles |
| Chaucer Junior School | 63% | 4.7% | 47.4% | 233 | 1.3 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)
- 67.61%
- English as an additional language
- 5.6%
- Overall absence
- 7.03%
- Persistent absence
- 24.58%
Location
Nearby schools
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Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School0.0 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Granby Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Charlotte Nursery and Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Awsworth Primary and Nursery School1.1 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Chaucer Junior School1.3 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
Other schools in Ilkeston
Cotmanhay Junior School ranks 13th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Ilkeston.
- Charlotte Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Chaucer Infant School Primary
- Chaucer Junior School Primary
- Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Dallimore Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Field House Infant School Primary
- Granby Junior School Primary
- Hallam Fields Junior School Primary
- Horsley Woodhouse Primary School Primary
- Kensington Junior Academy Primary
- Ladywood Primary School Primary
- Larklands Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Cotmanhay Junior School teach?
- Cotmanhay Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Ilkeston.
- Who is the headteacher of Cotmanhay Junior School?
- The headteacher of Cotmanhay Junior School is Mr Simon Robinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cotmanhay Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cotmanhay 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 many pupils are at Cotmanhay Junior School?
- Cotmanhay Junior School has 273 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Cotmanhay Junior School full?
- Cotmanhay Junior School has capacity for 313 pupils and 273 on roll (87%), 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 Cotmanhay Junior School a faith school?
- No. Cotmanhay Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cotmanhay Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cotmanhay Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Cotmanhay Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 38% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cotmanhay Junior School compare with other schools in Derbyshire?
- Cotmanhay Junior School ranked 213th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cotmanhay Junior School's absence rate?
- Cotmanhay Junior School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cotmanhay Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cotmanhay 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.