Somerlea Park Junior School
Bank Street, Somercotes, Alfreton, DE55 4JE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LEARNERS' TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Daisy Rizo
- Sponsor
- Learners' Trust
- Constituency
- Amber Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 237
- Pupils on roll
- 136
- URN
- 144949
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01773602258
About this school
Somerlea Park Junior School is a primary academy in Alfreton. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 136 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- 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 | 35 | 31 | 35 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 71% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 87% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 90% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 84% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.10 | - | - |
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 Somerlea Park 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 | 69% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 51% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 137 |
| 2023/24 | 137 |
| 2024/25 | 129 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Somerlea Park Junior School compares
Somerlea Park Junior School ranked 175th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 6.3% | 64.3% | 136 | — |
| Somercotes Infant and Nursery School | — | 6.8% | 52.5% | 92 | 0.2 miles |
| Riddings Infant and Nursery School | — | 5.6% | 37.6% | 201 | 0.5 miles |
| Riddings Junior School | 56% | 4% | 42.2% | 236 | 0.6 miles |
| Leys Junior School | 58% | 4.9% | 47.3% | 160 | 1.2 miles |
| Woodbridge Junior School | 43% | 6.1% | 50% | 226 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report25 February 2026
- 18 January 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 64.34%
- English as an additional language
- 0.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.26%
- Persistent absence
- 10.22%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Somercotes Infant and Nursery School0.2 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Riddings Infant and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Riddings Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Leys Junior School1.2 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Woodbridge Junior School1.3 miles
Primary · Alfreton
Other schools in Alfreton
Somerlea Park Junior School ranks 13th of the 15 ranked primary 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 year groups does Somerlea Park Junior School teach?
- Somerlea Park Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Alfreton.
- Who is the headteacher of Somerlea Park Junior School?
- The headteacher of Somerlea Park Junior School is Mrs Daisy Rizo, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Somerlea Park Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Somerlea Park Junior 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 Somerlea Park Junior School?
- Somerlea Park Junior School has 136 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Somerlea Park Junior School full?
- Somerlea Park Junior School has capacity for 237 pupils and 136 on roll (57%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Somerlea Park Junior School a faith school?
- No. Somerlea Park Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Somerlea Park Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Somerlea Park Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Somerlea Park Junior School?
- Somerlea Park Junior School is part of LEARNERS' TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Somerlea Park Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 51% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Somerlea Park Junior School rank locally?
- Somerlea Park Junior School ranked 175th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Somerlea Park Junior School's absence rate?
- Somerlea Park Junior School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Somerlea Park Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Somerlea Park 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 10 July 2026.