OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
15 November 2022
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Derbyshire
Trust
ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
225
217 full-time ·
8 part-time
Female pupils
112
49.8% of pupils
Male pupils
113
50.2% of pupils
6.1 pts
below England
School
18.7%
Amber Valley
28.2%
East Midlands
25.0%
England
24.8%
5.9 pts
above England
School
26.2%
Amber Valley
3.5%
East Midlands
18.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Amber Valley
0.2%
East Midlands
0.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
16.4%
37
White and Black Caribbean
2.7%
6
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
16.0%
36 of
225 pupils
4.8 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
12.4%
28 pupils
England
14.8%
2.3 pts
below
EHC plans
3.6%
8 pupils
England
6.0%
2.5 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
No specialist assessment yet
12
Speech, language & communication
11
Autistic spectrum disorder
6
Social, emotional & mental health
5
Specific learning difficulty
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
4.10%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.11 pts
lower than
England
School
4.10%
Amber Valley
5.38%
East Midlands
5.90%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
6.15%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
9.67 pts
lower than
England
School
6.15%
Amber Valley
11.77%
East Midlands
14.53%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.56%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.25 pts
lower than
England
School
0.56%
Amber Valley
1.16%
East Midlands
1.72%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
93.8%
5.6 pts
above England
Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy
93.8%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.