Stanley Common CofE Primary School
143 Belper Road, Stanley Common, Ilkeston, DE7 6FS
This school is closed (it closed in February 2024).
It was replaced by Stanley Common Church of England 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
- Acting Headteacher
- Mrs Ronni Barker
- Diocese
- Diocese of Derby
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 70
- Pupils on roll
- 49
- URN
- 112855
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Stanley Common CofE Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Ilkeston. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 49 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Stanley Common CofE Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 17% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 50% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.80 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - |
| Maths progress | +2.50 | - |
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 Stanley Common 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 | 70% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 17% | 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 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57 |
| 2023/24 | 49 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Stanley Common CofE Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.6% | 44.9% | 49 | — |
| Stanley Common Church of England Primary School | 0% | 4.7% | 47.4% | 33 | 0.0 miles |
| Scargill CofE Primary School | 35% | 3.6% | 15.9% | 279 | 1.0 miles |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | 50% | 8.4% | 21.8% | 74 | 1.2 miles |
| Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School | 56% | 5.1% | 23.2% | 53 | 1.3 miles |
| Morley Primary School | 92% | 2.3% | 12.7% | 80 | 1.4 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)
- 44.9%
- English as an additional language
- 2%
- Overall absence
- 6.6%
- Persistent absence
- 27.9%
Location
Nearby schools
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Stanley Common Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
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Scargill CofE Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
St Andrew's CofE Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Morley Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
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 Stanley Common CofE Primary School teach?
- Stanley Common CofE Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Ilkeston.
- Has Stanley Common CofE Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Stanley Common 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 big is Stanley Common CofE Primary School?
- Stanley Common CofE Primary School had 49 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Stanley Common CofE Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 17% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Stanley Common CofE Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Stanley Common 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 9 July 2024.