Granby Junior School
Heanor Road, Ilkeston, DE7 8DX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Rees
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 332
- Pupils on roll
- 286
- URN
- 112571
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159322424
About this school
Granby Junior School is a community primary school in Ilkeston. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 286 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Granby 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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 | 79 | 73 | 83 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 33% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 5% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 64% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 45% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 60% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 99.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.50 | - | - |
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 Granby 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 | 49% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 33% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 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 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 316 |
| 2023/24 | 317 |
| 2024/25 | 311 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Granby Junior School compares
Granby Junior School ranked 190th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46% | 4.9% | 35.7% | 286 | — |
| Charlotte Nursery and Infant School | — | 5.4% | 33.9% | 288 | 0.1 miles |
| Cotmanhay Junior School | 38% | 7% | 67.6% | 273 | 0.7 miles |
| Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School | — | 7% | 72.1% | 229 | 0.7 miles |
| Chaucer Junior School | 63% | 4.7% | 47.4% | 233 | 0.7 miles |
| Chaucer Infant School | — | 6.1% | 47.1% | 188 | 0.9 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.69%
- English as an additional language
- 2.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.88%
- Persistent absence
- 11.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Charlotte Nursery and Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
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Cotmanhay Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Chaucer Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Chaucer Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
Other schools in Ilkeston
Granby Junior School ranks 11th 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
- Cotmanhay Junior School Primary
- Dallimore Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Field House Infant 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 Granby Junior School teach?
- Granby Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Ilkeston.
- Who is the headteacher of Granby Junior School?
- The headteacher of Granby Junior School is Mrs Caroline Rees, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Granby Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Granby 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 Granby Junior School?
- Granby Junior School has 286 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Granby Junior School full?
- Granby Junior School has capacity for 332 pupils and 286 on roll (86%), 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 Granby Junior School a faith school?
- No. Granby Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Granby Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Granby Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Granby Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 46% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Granby Junior School compare with other schools in Derbyshire?
- Granby Junior School ranked 190th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Granby Junior School's absence rate?
- Granby Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Granby Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Granby 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.