Ripley Junior School
Poplar Avenue, Ripley, DE5 3PN
This school is closed (it closed in November 2025).
It was replaced by Ripley Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Cholerton
- Constituency
- Amber Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 336
- URN
- 112611
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Ripley Junior School was a community primary school in Ripley. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 336 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Ripley Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 88 | 88 | 78 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 48% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 70% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 66% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 67% | 49% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
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 Ripley 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 | 43% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 42% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 330 |
| 2023/24 | 334 |
| 2024/25 | 336 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ripley Junior School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42% | 6.2% | 44.4% | 336 | — |
| Ripley Junior School | — | — | — | 327 | 0.0 miles |
| Ripley Infant School | — | 5.9% | 41.9% | 157 | 0.0 miles |
| Lons Infant School | — | 6.1% | 34.5% | 40 | 0.6 miles |
| Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery | 64% | 5.1% | 38.3% | 359 | 0.8 miles |
| Waingroves Primary School | 61% | 3.9% | 23.1% | 213 | 1.1 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)
- 44.35%
- English as an additional language
- 0.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.17%
- Persistent absence
- 16.37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ripley Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Ripley
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Ripley Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Ripley
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Lons Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Ripley
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Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery0.8 miles
Primary · Ripley
-
Waingroves Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Ripley
Other schools in Ripley
- Codnor Community Primary School Church of England Controlled Primary
- Denby Free CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Lons Infant School Primary
- Ripley Infant School Primary
- Ripley Junior School Primary
- Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Street Lane Primary School Primary
- Waingroves Primary School Primary
- Ripley Nursery School Nursery
- John Flamsteed Community School Secondary
- The Ripley Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ripley Junior School teach?
- Ripley Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Ripley.
- Has Ripley Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Ripley Junior 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 Ripley Junior School?
- Ripley Junior School had 336 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Ripley Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Ripley Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ripley 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 30 November 2025.