Riddings Junior School

Amber Valley · DE55 4BW

General information Junior School · 7-11 years Who goes here 236 pupils, 47.9% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Riddings Junior School

General Information

Address: Church Street, Riddings, Alfreton, DE55 4BW – View on map
Phone: 01773528492
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Gareth Newman
Age range: 7-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

236 pupils out of 240 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 113
% eligible for free school meals: 47.9%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Amber Valley average)
English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 5.9% a year (Amber Valley 12.1%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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

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: 4.0%
Persistently absent pupils: 6.4%
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: 26.7%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 24 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 18 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 8 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Physical disability: 2 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Multi-sensory 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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Behaviour

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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: 56% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the Amber Valley average (59%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 53% against an expected 58%)
3-year average (expected standard): 53%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 68% · Writing 70% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 74%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
Based on: 57 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 3 percentage points below the Amber Valley average (59%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 25th of 41 junior and primary schools in the area

=23Swanwick Primary School57%
=25Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School56%
=25Riddings Junior School56%
=27Howitt Primary Community School55%
=27Long Row Primary School55%

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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: £6,927 (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.

8th of 9 junior schools in Amber Valley for spending per pupil

#6Crich Junior School£7,433
#7Mundy CofE Junior School£7,255
#8Riddings Junior School£6,927
#9Langley Mill Academy£6,705

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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

#1Marlpool Junior School£9,434
#2Kilburn Junior School£8,348
#3Leys Junior School£8,163
#4Somerlea Park Junior School£7,915
#5Woodbridge Junior School£7,887
#6Crich Junior School£7,433
#7Mundy CofE Junior School£7,255
#8Riddings Junior School£6,927
#9Langley Mill Academy£6,705

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