Firfield Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Derby · DE72 3EG · Derbyshire
Ages 5–11
- KS265%
- Absence4.2%
- FSM17.9%
- Demand1.00
1.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 150695
Draycott Community Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Derby · DE72 3NH
Ages 3–11 · 105 pupils · Derbyshire
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2022-02-15
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill41%
105 pupils · 257 places
- Pupils on roll
- 105
- Boys / girls
- 53 / 52
- School capacity
- 257
- Capacity fill
- 105 / 257 (41%)
- Free school meals
- 34.1%
- FSM pupils
- 31
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Embark Multi Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Miss Claire Evans
Location
- Address
- Hopwell Road, Draycott
- Postcode
- DE72 3NH
- Town
- Derby
- County
- Derbyshire
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- District
- Erewash
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 3–11, in Derby, Derbyshire, 105 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 34.1%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Ashbrook Infant School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Derby · DE72 3HF · Derbyshire
Ages 3–7
- Absence5.3%
- FSM23.7%
- Demand1.00
1.7 miles away
Ashbrook Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Derby · DE72 3HF · Derbyshire
Ages 7–11
- KS279%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM27.4%
1.7 miles away
Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Derby · DE72 3SU · Derbyshire
Ages 5–11
- KS270%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM24.0%
- Demand0.91
1.9 miles away
Shardlow Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Derby · DE72 2GR · Derbyshire
Ages 5–11
- KS264%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM16.9%
- Demand1.13
1.9 miles away
Redhill Primary School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Primary
Derby · DE72 3SF · Derbyshire
Ages 5–11
- KS2100%
- Absence3.5%
- FSM8.8%
- Demand1.20
2.0 miles away
Sawley Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Nottingham · NG10 3DQ · Derbyshire
Ages 3–7
- Absence6.1%
- FSM32.8%
- Demand1.00
2.0 miles away
Sawley Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Nottingham · NG10 3DQ · Derbyshire
Ages 7–11
- KS253%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM35.3%
2.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Claire Evans
- Telephone
- 01332872261