Overseal Primary School
Woodville Road, Overseal, Swadlincote, DE12 6LU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Leanne Borrington
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 204
- URN
- 112603
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01283760398
About this school
Overseal Primary School is a community primary school in Swadlincote. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 204 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 29 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 79% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 90% | 93% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 90% | 53% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 79% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 108.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.50 | - | - |
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 Overseal 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 | 72% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 79% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 207 |
| 2023/24 | 202 |
| 2024/25 | 203 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Overseal Primary School compares
Overseal Primary School ranked 186th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 5.3% | 27.1% | 204 | — |
| Linton Primary School | 69% | 5% | 32.7% | 278 | 1.3 miles |
| Albert Village Primary School | 59% | 4.9% | 14.7% | 234 | 1.5 miles |
| St George's CofE Primary School | 34% | 5.4% | 31.6% | 198 | 1.6 miles |
| Donisthorpe Primary School | 73% | 5% | 18.5% | 207 | 1.8 miles |
| Moira Primary School | 62% | 5.1% | 33.3% | 184 | 1.9 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)
- 27.09%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 5.3%
- Persistent absence
- 12.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Linton Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
-
Albert Village Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
-
St George's CofE Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
-
Donisthorpe Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
-
Moira Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
Other schools in Swadlincote
Overseal Primary School ranks 15th of the 23 ranked primary schools in Swadlincote.
- Albert Village Primary School Primary
- Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Church Gresley Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Coton-in-the-Elms Cof E Primary School Primary
- Donisthorpe Primary School Primary
- Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School Primary
- Eureka Primary School Primary
- Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School Primary
- Hartshorne CofE Primary School Primary
- Linton Primary School Primary
- Measham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Moira Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Overseal Primary School teach?
- Overseal Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Swadlincote.
- Who is the headteacher of Overseal Primary School?
- The headteacher of Overseal Primary School is Ms Leanne Borrington, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Overseal Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Overseal 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 big is Overseal Primary School?
- Overseal Primary School has 204 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Overseal Primary School full?
- Overseal Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 204 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Overseal Primary School a faith school?
- No. Overseal Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Overseal Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Overseal Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Overseal Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Overseal Primary School rank locally?
- Overseal Primary School ranked 186th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Overseal Primary School's absence rate?
- Overseal Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Overseal Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Overseal 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.