At a glance
Key published figures for this school.
Ofsted inspection
Latest Ofsted report card
Report card grades
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.
Report published 19 Apr 2026.
Inspection history
- Last overall gradeGood
- Previous gradedRequires improvement
This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.
School figures
Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in S18. Where we have them, council (North East Derbyshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.
- Pupils on roll
- 49
- Free school meals
- 53.1%
- SEN
- 54.2%
- EAL
- 0%
- Attendance
- 94.7% Autumn and spring 2024/25
Also: England 24.7%
Also: England 18.2%
Also: England 94.8%
Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the S18 average; the darker bar is this school.
Compared with England
Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.
13.3%
Same as England (13.3%)
67%
5% above England (62%)
0%
8% below England (8%)
78%
3% above England (75%)
89%
17% above England (72%)
78%
4% above England (74%)
Trends
Attendance
Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.
- 95.4%2020/21
- 93.3%2021/22
- 92.1%2022/23
- 95%2023/24
- 94.7%2024/25
Key Stage 2
Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.
- 54%2022/23
- 50%2023/24
- 67%2024/25
Admissions
Applications and offers
Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.
SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.
How full the building is
- Roll versus published capacity
- Below published capacity
- Published capacity (GIAS)
- 76
- Pupils on roll
- 49
Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.
Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.
Check your council admissions booklet via the Derbyshire page.
SEN support
- SEN %
- 54.2%
A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.
Schools near Unstone Junior School
Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.
- Unstone St Mary's Nursery & Infant School
- Dronfield Stonelow Junior School
- Holmesdale Infant School
- Northfield Junior School
- Mary Swanwick Primary School
- Dronfield Junior School
- Dronfield Infant School
- Lenthall Infant and Nursery School
Other nearby schools
Sources and freshness
- School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
- Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
- Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
- School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
- We do not publish school photos. The banner shows initials from the school name.
- Methodology · Data updates