Morley Primary School
Main Road, Morley, Ilkeston, DE7 6DF
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Morley Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Anthony Taylor
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 70
- Pupils on roll
- 82
- URN
- 112595
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Morley Primary School was a community primary school in Ilkeston. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 82 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Morley Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 90% | 86% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 100% | 100% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 100% | 93% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.10 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - |
| Maths progress | +3.40 | - |
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 Morley 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 | 90% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 86% | 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 | 2.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 2.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 80 |
| 2023/24 | 82 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Morley Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 100% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 2.4% | 11% | 82 | — |
| Morley Primary School | 92% | 2.3% | 12.7% | 80 | 0.0 miles |
| Stanley Common Church of England Primary School | 0% | 4.7% | 47.4% | 33 | 1.4 miles |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | 50% | 8.4% | 21.8% | 74 | 1.7 miles |
| Breadsall CofE VC Primary School | 88% | 2.6% | 6.9% | 116 | 1.7 miles |
| Parkview Primary School | 82% | 4.3% | 13.3% | 218 | 1.8 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)
- 11%
- English as an additional language
- 3.7%
- Overall absence
- 2.4%
- Persistent absence
- 3.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Morley Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Stanley Common Church of England Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
St Andrew's CofE Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Breadsall CofE VC Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Breadsall
-
Parkview Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Derby.
Other 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
- Granby Junior School Primary
- Hallam Fields Junior School Primary
- Horsley Woodhouse Primary School Primary
- Kensington Junior Academy Primary
- Ladywood Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Morley Primary School teach?
- Morley Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Ilkeston.
- Has Morley Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Morley 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 Morley Primary School?
- Morley Primary School had 82 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Morley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 90% in 2022/23 and 86% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Morley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Morley 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 31 August 2024.