Shirland Primary School
Park Lane, Shirland, Alfreton, DE55 6BH
This school is closed (it closed in October 2024).
It was replaced by Shirland Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Louise Vessey
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 200
- Pupils on roll
- 176
- URN
- 112620
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Shirland Primary School was a community primary school in Alfreton. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 176 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Shirland Primary 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 | 23 | 29 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 62% | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 17% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 72% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 86% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 83% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - | - |
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 Shirland 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 | 65% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 44% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 166 |
| 2023/24 | 176 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Shirland Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44% | 4.1% | 37.5% | 176 | — |
| Shirland Primary School | — | 3.9% | 38.9% | 175 | 0.0 miles |
| Stonebroom Primary and Nursery School | 56% | 5.7% | 44% | 211 | 0.9 miles |
| Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School | — | — | — | 65 | 1.1 miles |
| Morton Primary Academy | 67% | 3.5% | 25.5% | 103 | 1.3 miles |
| Westhouses Primary School | 58% | 4% | 31.3% | 83 | 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.5%
- English as an additional language
- 1.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.1%
- Persistent absence
- 9.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Shirland Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Stonebroom Primary and Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School1.1 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Morton Primary Academy1.3 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Westhouses Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Alfreton
Other schools in Alfreton
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Copthorne Community Infant School Primary
- Croft Infant School Primary
- Glebe Junior School Primary
- Leys Junior School Primary
- Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Morton Primary Academy Primary
- Newton Primary School Primary
- Riddings Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Riddings Junior School Primary
- Shirland Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Shirland Primary School teach?
- Shirland Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Alfreton.
- Has Shirland Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Shirland 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 many pupils are at Shirland Primary School?
- Shirland Primary School had 176 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Shirland Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% in 2022/23 and 44% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Shirland Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Shirland 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 October 2024.