Norbury CofE Primary School
Lid Lane, Norbury, Ashbourne, DE6 2EG
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Norbury CofE Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sally Wright
- Diocese
- Diocese of Derby
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
- Capacity
- 78
- Pupils on roll
- 73
- URN
- 112845
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Norbury CofE Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Ashbourne. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 73 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Norbury CofE 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 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 64% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 18% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 73% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 73% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 73% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +7.70 | - | - |
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 Norbury CofE 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 | 50% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 74 |
| 2023/24 | 72 |
| 2024/25 | 73 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Norbury CofE Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4.3% | 21.9% | 73 | — |
| Norbury CofE Primary School | — | — | — | 75 | 0.0 miles |
| Dove CofE Academy | — | 4.6% | 19.5% | 113 | 1.8 miles |
| All Saints CofE Academy Denstone | — | 3.6% | 6.7% | 67 | 2.1 miles |
| Marston Montgomery Primary School | — | 4.4% | 16.7% | 18 | 2.2 miles |
| Clifton CofE Primary School | 80% | 2.9% | 14% | 107 | 3.0 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)
- 21.92%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.27%
- Persistent absence
- 6.56%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Norbury CofE Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Ashbourne
-
Dove CofE Academy1.8 miles
Primary · Uttoxeter
-
All Saints CofE Academy Denstone2.1 miles
Primary · Uttoxeter
-
Marston Montgomery Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Ashbourne
-
Clifton CofE Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Ashbourne
Other schools in Ashbourne
- Ashbourne Primary School Primary
- Bradley CofE Primary School Primary
- Brailsford CofE Primary School Primary
- Clifton CofE Primary School Primary
- Doveridge Primary School Primary
- Fitzherbert CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Hilltop Primary Academy Primary
- Hulland CofE Primary School Primary
- Ilam Church of England Primary School Primary
- Kirk Ireton C of E Primary School Primary
- Kirk Langley CofE Primary School Primary
- Kniveton CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Norbury CofE Primary School teach?
- Norbury CofE Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Ashbourne.
- Has Norbury CofE Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Norbury CofE 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 Norbury CofE Primary School?
- Norbury CofE Primary School had 73 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Norbury CofE Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Norbury CofE Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Norbury CofE 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 7 July 2025.