Duffield the Meadows Primary School

Amber Valley · DE56 4GT

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 260 pupils, 8.8% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Duffield the Meadows Primary School

General Information

Address: Park Road, Belper, DE56 4GT – View on map
Phone: 01332840305
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Faye Novak-Lemmings
Age range: 4-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

260 pupils out of 315 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 23
% eligible for free school meals: 8.8%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (more mixed than the Amber Valley average)
English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 14.9% a year (Amber Valley 12.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 72% moved to another school, 28% 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

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

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: 3.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 5.3%
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: 7.7%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Vision impairment: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Hearing 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: 74% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 15 percentage points above the Amber Valley average (59%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 69% against an expected 66%)
3-year average (expected standard): 69%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 98% · Writing 74% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
Average test scores: reading 110, maths 108
Based on: 61 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 schoolAmber Valley averageEngland↗ Improving Up 7 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 15 percentage points above the Amber Valley average (59%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 11th of 41 junior and primary schools in the area

=9Milford Primary School77%
=9Street Lane Primary School77%
=11Duffield the Meadows Primary School74%
=11Lea Primary School74%
#13Herbert Strutt Primary School71%

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

#1Holbrook Church of England Primary School90%
=2Kirk Langley CofE Primary School89%
=2William Gilbert Endowed Church of England Primary School89%
=4Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy80%
=4Denby Free CofE VA Primary School80%
#6Coppice Primary School79%
=7Mugginton CofE Primary School78%
=7Turnditch Church of England Primary School78%
=9Milford Primary School77%
=9Street Lane Primary School77%
=11Duffield the Meadows Primary School74%
=11Lea Primary School74%
#13Herbert Strutt Primary School71%
#14Codnor Community Primary School Church of England Controlled70%
#15St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary Academy67%
#16Crich Junior School65%
#17Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery64%
#18Kilburn Junior School62%
#19Waingroves Primary School61%
#20Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School60%
=21Langley Mill Academy58%
=21Leys Junior School58%
=23South Wingfield Primary School57%
=23Swanwick Primary School57%
=25Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School56%
=25Riddings Junior School56%
=27Howitt Primary Community School55%
=27Long Row Primary School55%
=27St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery55%
#30Ironville and Codnor Park Primary School54%
#31Loscoe CofE Primary School and Nursery52%
#32Somerlea Park Junior School51%
=33Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School50%
=33Horsley Woodhouse Primary School50%
=33Richardson Endowed Primary School50%
#36Mundy CofE Junior School47%
#37Woodbridge Junior School43%
=38Ambergate Primary School36%
=38The Curzon CofE Primary School36%
#40Pottery Primary School23%
#41Marlpool Junior School21%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,248 (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.

31st of 33 primary schools in Amber Valley for spending per pupil

#29Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,382
#30William Gilbert Endowed Church of England Primary School£6,365
#31Duffield the Meadows Primary School£6,248
#32Long Row Primary School£6,210
#33Waingroves Primary School£5,726

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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

#1Crich Carr CofE Primary School£12,008
#2Milford Primary School£10,095
#3Turnditch Church of England Primary School£9,354
#4The Curzon CofE Primary School£9,188
#5Horsley Woodhouse Primary School£8,587
#6Ambergate Primary School£8,424
#7Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School£8,210
#8Ironville and Codnor Park Primary School£8,037
#9Herbert Strutt Primary School£7,981
#10Street Lane Primary School£7,739
#11Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School£7,611
#12Denby Free CofE VA Primary School£7,517
#13Kirk Langley CofE Primary School£7,515
#14Coppice Primary School£7,405
#15Lea Primary School£7,375
#16Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School£7,357
#17Pottery Primary School£6,908
#18St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,907
#19Codnor Community Primary School Church of England Controlled£6,888
#20Mugginton CofE Primary School£6,831
#21South Wingfield Primary School£6,760
#22Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery£6,675
#23Holbrook Church of England Primary School£6,559
#24Swanwick Primary School£6,538
#25Richardson Endowed Primary School£6,537
#26St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery£6,487
#27Loscoe CofE Primary School and Nursery£6,452
#28Howitt Primary Community School£6,389
#29Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,382
#30William Gilbert Endowed Church of England Primary School£6,365
#31Duffield the Meadows Primary School£6,248
#32Long Row Primary School£6,210
#33Waingroves Primary School£5,726

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