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Simmondley Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedAcademyGlossopDerbyshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredThere isn't enough published data yet. To get a score, a school needs results or an inspection plus at least one other figure.
Reached the expected level at 1171%England 63%
Attendance97.2%England 94.8%

Simmondley Primary School is a converter academy in Glossop for boys and girls aged 4 to 11.

Pennine Road, Simmondley, Glossop, SK13 6NN01457 852721simmondley.derbyshire.sch.ukMrs Deborah Greaves headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2026: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

45 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. These are the results of Simmondley Primary School, the school this one replaced.

Reached the expected level at 1171%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level9%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score107.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score107.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 64%64%20172018: 61%61%20182019: 53%53%20192023: 68%68%20232024: 59%59%20242025: 71%71%2025
Since 2017: +7%
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025†2024†2023†2019†2018†2017†DerbyshireEngland
Pupils tested454438434439
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths71%59%68%53%61%64%60%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths9%5%8%7%5%8%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score107.0107.0108.0102.0104.0108.0105.2105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score107.0104.0105.0105.0104.0106.0104.2104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score108.0104.0106.0105.0107.0107.0104.6105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard84%75%76%58%70%82%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard78%64%79%72%68%82%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)78%73%76%65%70%69%
Reading progressReading progress score+1.3-5.4-1.8+1.2
Maths progressMaths progress score-0.4-3.4-1.8+0.1
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged25%25%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged67%60%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

† These results are for Simmondley Primary School, the school this one replaced in August 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. Every gap at this school is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
73%70%
Gap 3 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Derbyshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll
Places315
Pupils from low-income families8%8% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
White British pupils96%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 97.2% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance97.2%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school1.5%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Missed without permission0.3%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/25†2023/24†2022/23†2021/22†2020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence2.8%3.9%3.4%5.5%4.1%3.6%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence2.5%3.4%3.1%5.3%3.9%3.3%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.3%0.4%0.4%0.3%0.2%0.3%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence1.5%3.7%3.5%10.7%12.0%5.2%12.8%

† These attendance figures are for Simmondley Primary School, the school this one replaced in August 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Money

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£6,155England £7,738. Total £1.8m
Income per pupil£6,359England £7,697. Total £1.9m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,727England £3,480
Money in reserve10%A healthy amount put by: £179k, £610 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£60kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£6,155spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m9112 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate38 per 1,000 people58% lower than the England average
Typical house price£262,000High Peak
Nearest bus stop100 mPolice Station, 10 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary SchoolChurch of England680 m311Good 202330Compare
Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolChurch of England700 m113Good 202334Compare
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England0.7 miles201Report card 202627Compare
St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy0.8 miles34Good 202317Compare
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy0.8 miles97Good 202220Compare
Gamesley Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles180Good 202332Compare
Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England1.0 miles304Good 202428Compare
Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolChristian/non-denominational1.2 miles101Good 202328Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Simmondley Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Simmondley Primary School yet.

How good are Simmondley Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 71% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 9% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Simmondley Primary School have?

The number of pupils is not published.

What is attendance like at Simmondley Primary School?

Pupils were in school 97.2% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 2% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Pennine Road, Simmondley, Glossop, SK13 6NN
Telephone
01457 852721
Website
www.simmondley.derbyshire.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Deborah Greaves
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
The True Learning Partnership (6 schools)
Local authority
Derbyshire
Ward
Simmondley
Constituency
High Peak
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 August 2026 (academy converter)
URN
152570 · LAESTAB 8302373 · UKPRN 10101094
Formerly
Simmondley Primary School

Where these figures come from