Gamesley Primary and Nursery School, Glossop

In its own words: "If you would like to contact our school you can do so in the following ways: Gamesley Primary and Nursery School is proudly part of Victorious Academies Trust. The Chair of our Local Governing Board can be contacted via the school office"

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils at Gamesley Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in Derbyshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 66% in reading and 53% in maths in 2024.

Year groups in primary schools are small, so a handful of pupils can move these figures by several points from one year to the next.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Gamesley Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 36 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

Demand has been fairly steady: 25 first choices in 2021, against 27 in 2026.

Across Derbyshire, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Derbyshire lodged 153 appeals against primary school offers; 90 reached a hearing and 9 succeeded (10% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Gamesley Primary and Nursery School are St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles, Good); Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 64% reading, 43% maths); Simmondley Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 84% reading, 78% maths); and Simmondley Primary School (0.9 miles).

Gamesley Primary and Nursery School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Gamesley Primary and Nursery School is one of 15 schools run by Victorious Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2023/24.

73.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 4.1% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

In 2025, 53 pupils (26.9%) received SEN support and 15 (7.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Gamesley Primary and Nursery School employed 12 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 16 pupils. Their average salary was £52,919.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £6,506 per pupil (£1.5 million in total), including £207,555 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest railway station is Dinting Rail Station, about 1050 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Edale Crescent (adjacent), 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Gamesley Primary and Nursery School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 49 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is close to the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (49).

Gamesley Primary and Nursery School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2023/24.

The secondary schools closest to Gamesley Primary and Nursery School are Glossopdale School and Sixth Form (0.9 miles), Longdendale High School (1.2 miles) and St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy (1.2 miles).