Becket Primary School
General Information
- Address: Stockbrook Street, Derby, DE22 3QB – View on map
- Phone: 01332347595
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Ashley Guest
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 53 families put it first for 30 places – 18 for every 10 places. 55% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 15 · 2024 17 · 2025 13 · 2026 18
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 125
- % eligible for free school meals: 54.3%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Derby average)
- English as an additional language: 62% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.2% a year (Derby 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 53% moved to another school, 47% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Derby: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 5 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Derby, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 38% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points below the Derby average (57%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 39% against an expected 53%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 39%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 59% · Writing 55% · Maths 52% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 99
- Based on: 29 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 54th of 60 junior and primary schools in the area
- #53Roe Farm Primary School40%
- =54Ashgate Primary School38%
- =54Becket Primary School38%
- #56Pear Tree Community Junior School36%
- #57Allenton Primary School32%
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10th of 36 primary schools in Derby for Ofsted rating
- #8Ashgate Primary SchoolGood
- #9Ashwood Spencer AcademyGood
- #10Becket Primary SchoolGood
- #11Borrow Wood Primary SchoolGood
- #12Brookfield Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,540 (2024-25)
4th of 50 primary schools in Derby for spending per pupil
- #2Cottons Farm Primary Academy£10,119
- #3Springfield Primary School£8,578
- #4Becket Primary School£8,540
- #5Allenton Primary School£8,274
- #6Brackensdale Spencer Academy£8,145
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