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Furness Vale Primary and Nursery School

High Peak, SK23 7PQ · Derbyshire · primary school

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Mixed Primary
4.6/10 Broadly average

126th of 263 primary schools in Derbyshire we can score, 353 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 5.3/10 against 2,617 of them, against 4.6/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 71.0 · 68 62% 4.20
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 0.0 · 10 38% 0.40

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 71.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. No pupils reached the higher standard. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (5.3 out of 10 against similar schools, 4.6 out of 10 against all schools).

Beyond the classroom. Pupils visit Poole's Cavern, The Crescent, and see Wallace and Gromit and We Will Rock You. Breakfast and after-school clubs are available.

Getting in. The school has 72 pupils in a building with 116 places, leaving 44 spare spots. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How do teachers support pupils who are not yet reaching the expected standard? What specific activities happen during the breakfast and after-school clubs? How does the school manage class sizes given the current number of spare places?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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