Cotmanhay Junior School

Erewash · DE7 8RR

General information Junior School · 7-11 years Who goes here 273 pupils, 70.3% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Cotmanhay Junior School

General Information

Address: Beauvale Drive, Ilkeston, DE7 8RR – View on map
Phone: 01159322011
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Simon Robinson
Age range: 7-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

273 pupils out of 313 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 192
% eligible for free school meals: 70.3%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Erewash average)
English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 16.5% a year (Erewash 12.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 32% moved to another school, 68% 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.

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

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Across Derbyshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 17 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
Suspensions for bullying: 23 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 7 (0.1 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 Derbyshire (the council area this school is in), 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: 7.0%
Persistently absent pupils: 24.6%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 30.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Moderate learning difficulty: 31 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 26 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 14 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 13 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Physical disability: 2 pupils
Vision impairment: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 38% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 21 percentage points below the Erewash average (59%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 41% against an expected 48%)
3-year average (expected standard): 41%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 56% · Writing 62% · Maths 62% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
Average test scores: reading 102, maths 103
Based on: 79 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

This schoolErewash averageEngland↘ Falling Down 8 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 21 percentage points below the Erewash average (59%).

Year 6 SATs: 26th of 28 junior and primary schools in the area

#24Granby Junior School46%
#25Hallam Fields Junior School44%
#26Cotmanhay Junior School38%
#27Scargill CofE Primary School35%
#28Stanley Common Church of England Primary School0%

Click to see the full ranking

Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Redhill Primary School100%
#2Morley Primary School92%
#3Breadsall CofE VC Primary School88%
#4English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary Academy81%
#5Draycott Community Primary School75%
=6Cloudside Academy70%
=6St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy70%
=8Brooklands Primary School67%
=8Little Eaton Primary School67%
#10Dovedale Primary School65%
#11Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary School64%
=12Chaucer Junior School63%
=12Dallimore Primary & Nursery School63%
=14Ashbrook Junior School60%
=14Firfield Primary School60%
=14Kensington Junior Academy60%
=14Ladywood Primary School60%
=14Sawley Junior School60%
=14St Laurence CofE Primary School60%
#20Longmoor Primary School58%
#21Harrington Junior School57%
#22Grange Primary School52%
#23St Andrew's CofE Primary School50%
#24Granby Junior School46%
#25Hallam Fields Junior School44%
#26Cotmanhay Junior School38%
#27Scargill CofE Primary School35%
#28Stanley Common Church of England Primary School0%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,689 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

1st of 9 junior schools in Erewash for spending per pupil

#1Cotmanhay Junior School£8,689
#2Hallam Fields Junior School£7,450
#3Kensington Junior Academy£7,412

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Cotmanhay Junior School£8,689
#2Hallam Fields Junior School£7,450
#3Kensington Junior Academy£7,412
#4Chaucer Junior School£7,129
#5Ashbrook Junior School£6,439
#6Cloudside Academy£6,384
#7Harrington Junior School£6,367
#8Granby Junior School£6,256
#9Sawley Junior School£5,957

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)

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