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St Andrew's CofE Junior School

Primary · ages 7-11MixedChurch of England220 pupils Free breakfast clubGlossopDerbyshire
School Chooser Score
17
Below
similar schools
Likely range 10 to 30
Out of 100. Better than 35% of the 50 schools most like it. Getting better year on year.
OfstedNeeds attention teachingOfsted report card, November 2025
Reached the expected level at 1159%England 63%
Attendance95.6%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families38%Far more than most schools
Parents would recommend98%61 Parent View responses
Places20 spare220 pupils, 240 places

St Andrew's CofE Junior School is a Church of England school (voluntary controlled) in Glossop for boys and girls aged 7 to 11. It has 220 pupils and room for 240. About 38 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 17 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 35% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted visited in November 2025 and gave it a report card, which is below.

Hadfield Road, Hadfield, Glossop, SK13 2DR01457 852328standrewshadfield.orgMrs Amanda Cornwall head teacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 11 November 2025. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.

TeachingOfsted calls this “curriculum and teaching”
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Behaviour and attendanceOfsted calls this “attendance and behaviour”
As expected
Support for every childOfsted calls this “inclusion”
As expected
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development and wellbeing”
Strong
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and governance”
As expected
SafeguardingAre pupils kept safe?
Pupils are kept safe
Met
Ofsted's scale:ExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement

Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.

Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
23 November 2021S5 InspectionGood

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

39 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1159%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level8%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score107.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score104.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 53%53%20172018: 56%56%20182019: 33%33%20192023: 40%40%20232024: 44%44%20242025: 59%59%2025
Since 2017: +6%Improving overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017DerbyshireEngland
Pupils tested395763575947
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths59%44%40%33%56%53%60%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths8%4%5%2%3%6%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score107.0103.0103.098.0103.0102.0105.2105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score104.0101.0102.0101.0102.0102.0104.2104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score105.0101.0102.0100.0105.0104.0104.6105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard85%65%65%40%69%66%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard77%58%60%67%71%70%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)67%63%56%72%76%74%
Reading progressReading progress score-3.8-4.0-2.3-4.7
Maths progressMaths progress score-3.7-2.5-2.9-4.5
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged44%29%24%19%35%27%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged71%62%50%42%69%66%

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.

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. None of the gaps 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 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
44%71%
Gap 27 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
39%88%
Gap 49 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%8%
Gap 8 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

Open to all. There is no entrance test. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

A few spare places206 pupils for 238 places, 2024/25
87% full

About 32 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

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.

What parents say

Would recommend the school98%England 87%
My child is happy here95%agree or strongly agree
My child feels safe95%
Positive overall93%
My child is happy at this school
95%England 89%
My child feels safe at this school
95%England 90%
Pupils are well behavedThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved
87%England 83%
Has your child been bullied here?Parents answering yes
15% yesEngland 18%
Bullying was dealt with quickly and effectivelyOnly parents whose child was bullied
56%England 50%
My child gets the right support to learn well
95%England 85%
Does your child have SEND?Parents answering yes
28% yesEngland 26%
The school gives them the support they needOnly parents of children with SEND
94%England 71%
The school communicates well with me
85%England 80%
My concerns have been dealt with properlyWhen I have raised concerns
64%England 69%
Decisions put the child's best interests first
92%England 82%
I would recommend this school
98%England 87%
Overall view of the school is positive
93%England 82%
Strongly agreeAgreeDon't knowDisagreeStrongly disagreeEngland, agree or yes

From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 61 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for primary schools with enough answers to publish.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll220Census January 2026
Places24092% full
Pupils from low-income families38%38% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English1%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support16%34 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan6%14 pupils with a plan
Average class size27.58 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils25%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)36%£122,450 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls110 / 110
White British pupils93%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (17), Moderate learning difficulty (10), language and communications needs (7), Specific learning difficulty (4), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll220205204230204215
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals38%37%39%39%40%36%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language1%1%1%1%1%1%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support18%17%20%19%21%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans5%2%2%1%1%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.6% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.6%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school7.7%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils2.92024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.0%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.4%5.1%5.5%6.1%3.2%3.6%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.4%3.9%4.0%4.7%2.4%2.9%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.0%1.3%1.5%1.4%0.8%0.7%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence7.7%13.8%12.5%16.6%8.2%8.1%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate2.91.57.83.40.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions01100

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers10.4full-time equivalent, 12 people
Pupils per teacher21.2Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants9.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£51,948
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher14.32024/25

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£7,333England £7,738. Total £1.5m
Income per pupil£7,502England £7,697. Total £1.5m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,440England £3,480
Money in reserve21%A lot put by: £315k, £1,536 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£35kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£7,333spent 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 m23912 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate66 per 1,000 people27% lower than the England average
Typical house price£262,000High Peak
Nearest bus stop90 mSpinners Arms, 38 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
Hadfield Infant SchoolCouncil90 m140Good 202340Compare
St Charles' Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy590 m168Good 202268Compare
Padfield Community Primary SchoolCouncil990 m92No overall grade 202544Compare
Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolChurch of England0.7 miles110Good 202332Compare
Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolChurch of England1.0 miles113Good 202334Compare
Hollingworth Primary SchoolAcademy1.0 miles192Good 2023Compare
Gamesley Primary SchoolAcademy1.0 miles180Good 202332Compare
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England1.1 miles201Report card 202627Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares St Andrew's CofE Junior School with the 48 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 48 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats35%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the lower half of its group. Its score of 17 is 10 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 27 · highest 94100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 48 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than St Andrew's CofE Junior School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy8.1 miles255Good 202327Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 17 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 17% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 10 to 30. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%below
-0.14
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 39 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%well below
-0.26
Ofsted report card, 0.8 years old
Progress pupils make20%well below
-0.28
DfE progress measure; 39 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well above
+0.13
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.05
2024/25; 209 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%in line
-0.02
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 39 pupils
What parents say5%above
+0.05
Ofsted's Parent View survey, allowing for how many parents replied; 61 responses

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is St Andrew's CofE Junior School a good school?

The figures are weak. St Andrew's CofE Junior School scores 17 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 35% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 10 to 30, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.

What is St Andrew's CofE Junior School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 11 November 2025 it rated teaching as needs attention, achievement as needs attention, behaviour and attendance as as expected, leadership as as expected.

How good are St Andrew's CofE Junior School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 59% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 8% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does St Andrew's CofE Junior School have?

220 pupils aged 7 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 240 places, so it is 92% full.

Is St Andrew's CofE Junior School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 32 places were empty in 2024/25 (13% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at St Andrew's CofE Junior School?

Pupils were in school 95.6% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 8% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

What do parents say about St Andrew's CofE Junior School?

98% of the 61 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 95% say their child is happy there. Across England, 87% of parents would recommend their child's school.

How big are the classes at St Andrew's CofE Junior School?

The average class had 27.5 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 25% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

Does St Andrew's CofE Junior School have a breakfast club?

Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.

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

Contact and details

Address
Hadfield Road, Hadfield, Glossop, SK13 2DR
Telephone
01457 852328
Website
www.standrewshadfield.org
Head Teacher
Mrs Amanda Cornwall
Free breakfast club
Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
Type of school
Church of England school (voluntary controlled) (Voluntary controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 7-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England, Diocese of Derby
Local authority
Derbyshire
Ward
Hadfield South
Constituency
High Peak
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
112869 · LAESTAB 8303110 · UKPRN 10075844

Where these figures come from