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William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Jenny Wilkes

corporate_fareEMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

location_onChesterfield, S40 2NR

language Visit Website phone 1246234626

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2025

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Students

174

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Expected Standard

39%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School is a Academy converter primary school in Chesterfield, serving ages 2-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 93% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School is an academy converter in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, admitting pupils aged 2-11. It is part of EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 182 pupils on roll, of whom 61% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 39% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 3% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #179 of 246 primaries in Derbyshire and #11,398 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.3 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

39%

LA 58%

Reading45% LA 73%

Writing52% LA 69%

Maths52% LA 71%

Read SS

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

47%

LA 57%England 61%

Reading53% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing60% LA 68% · Eng 72%

Maths57% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

21%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading28% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing48% LA 69% · Eng 71%

Maths41% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

-7.0

Read

LA -0.2

-9.4 to -4.6

-1.1

Write

LA -0.2

-3.3 to 1.2

-4.5

Maths

LA -0.4

-6.7 to -2.2

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

25 February 2025

Inspection Report

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08 March 2022

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-02-25

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2018-04-24

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2 EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2015-11-04

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

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verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 182 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	182	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	161	1	0.6%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	171	9	5.3%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	169	5	3.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	171	3	1.8%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	178	2	1.1%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	174	2	1.1%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	171	1	0.6%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	186	2	1.1%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	186	6	3.2%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Moderate Learning Difficulty 15 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 12 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 8 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 5 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 2 pupils