St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School

Primary Maintained Dronfield 📅 Term dates 2026–2027 🏅 Ofsted: Inspected 📊 KS2 expected standard: 76%

St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School is a mixed local-authority maintained primary school in Dronfield, Derbyshire County Council, teaching 193 pupils aged 4 to 11. It was last inspected by Ofsted in March 2025. In 2024–2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2026–2027 school year runs from 7 September 2026 to 23 July 2027.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School.

Latest inspection
Inspected Ungraded inspection
Outcome: Standards maintained. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 19 Mar 2025 · Published 18 May 2025
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Term dates & holidays 2026–2027

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School.

St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School original calendar 2026–2027
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St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School interactive calendar 2026–2027
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Key dates (2026–2027)

  • 1. Thursday 3 Sep 4, 2026 Inset Day
  • 6 weeks 4 days Sep 7, 2026-Oct 22, 2026 Term
  • INSET Day Oct 23, 2026 Inset Day
  • 6 weeks Nov 2, 2026-Dec 18, 2026 Term
  • INSET Day Jan 4, 2027 Inset Day
  • 5 weeks 4 days Jan 5, 2027-Feb 12, 2027 Term
  • 4 weeks 5 days Feb 22, 2027-Mar 25, 2027 Term
  • 6 weeks 4 days inc. bank hol Apr 12, 2027-May 28, 2027 Term
  • 6 weeks 4 days Jun 7, 2027-Jul 23, 2027 Term
  • INSET Day Jun 16, 2027 Inset Day

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
76% Expected standard at KS2 England 62% Top 20%
2.2% Persistent absence England 17.8% Top 1%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School with Derbyshire County Council and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 76% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school Derbyshire County Council England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 76%
Derbyshire County Council 59% England 62% +14 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 109
Derbyshire County Council 105 England 106 +3 vs England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 107
Derbyshire County Council 104 England 105 +2 vs England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 33
Attendance 2.2% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Derbyshire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 2.2%
Derbyshire County Council 15.7% England 17.8% -15.6 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 3%
Derbyshire County Council 6.5% England 6.8% -3.7 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other primary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.