Long Row Primary School, Belper
Long Row Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Belper. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in October 2013. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in February 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 9th-highest of the 13 schools in Belper with published results, and 10,359th of 14,452 across England. It was 75% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2013)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Better than England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Derbyshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Long Row Primary School in detail
Long Row Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of the children, staff and governors I would like to welcome you to Long Row Primary and Nursery School. I hope that you and your child will enjoy a long and happy association with the school and that we will be able to rely on your support."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, rugby, cricket, tennis, swimming and dance.
The school runs a breakfast club.
Coming up: an open day on Friday 30 October 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Derbyshire
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at Long Row Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 67% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in Derbyshire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 81% in reading and 84% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Long Row Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Long Row Primary School as their first choice and 53 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Long Row Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Long Row Primary School are St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 90% reading, 90% maths); St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery (0.6 miles, Good, 70% reading, 68% maths); Pottery Primary School (1 mile, Requires improvement, 68% reading, 53% maths); and Herbert Strutt Primary School (1 mile, Good, 82% reading, 86% maths).
Long Row Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.
St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary AcademySt John's CofE Primary School and NurseryPottery Primary SchoolHerbert Strutt Primary School
Who goes there
7.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
Staffing
Long Row Primary School had 15 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Belper Rail Station, about 460 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Triangle (adjacent), 90 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Long Row Primary School issued 6 suspensions, 2.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoThis judgement is from October 2013, 13 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its October 2013 inspection - up from Requires Improvement.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
20.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 81% to 73% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 84% to 67% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 84% to 73% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
24.0
Avg class size
23.0
Infant (KS1)
26.8
KS2
11
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Long Row Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Long Row Primary School.
- Long Row ZestAt the school · Not yet graded
- Primary KidZ Care & St Johns Primary School and Nursery970m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Long Row Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Derbyshire. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2027 to 2028
- Autumn term: Monday 6 September to Wednesday 22 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
- Spring term: Thursday 6 January to Friday 7 April 2028 (half term Monday 21 February to Friday 25 February 2028)
- Summer term: Monday 24 April to Monday 24 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Long Row Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Long Row Primary School is in Derbyshire; for families living there:
- Derbyshire's school travel policy: Home to school transport policy 2026 to 2027 - 465KB
- How to apply: Apply for home to school transport assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 10 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Derbyshire is 6 (the median across 454 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
75%
Available places
237 pupils
315 places
78 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Belper
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Belper
Across Derbyshire council
Places available
9,875
Applications
7,189
Got 1st preference
94.5%
Got preferred school
99.2%
All primary applications across Derbyshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(8)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
32
SEN Support
9
EHC Plans
15.5%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
264
Total Pupils
120
Boys
144
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
15
Teachers
17.6:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£50,657
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,248
Per pupil
£1385k
Total funding
£67k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
3.7%
Overall absence
6.3%
Persistent absence
207
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Long Row Primary School
Questions parents ask about Long Row Primary School
What are SATs results like at Long Row Primary School?
Of the pupils at Long Row Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 73% reached the expected standard in reading and 67% did so in maths.
What is Long Row Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Long Row Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in February 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in October 2013, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Long Row Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Long Row Primary School is oversubscribed, Derbyshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Long Row Primary School?
Long Row Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 75% of its 315 places.
How big are the classes at Long Row Primary School?
Classes at Long Row Primary School average 24 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Long Row Primary School?
Long Row Primary School has around 264 pupils on roll. 21% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Long Row Primary School?
3.7% of sessions were missed at Long Row Primary School in 2024/25. 6.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Long Row Primary School?
Apply through Derbyshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Long Row Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Long Row Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Long Row Zest (registered, not yet graded). There is another within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Long Row Primary School's term dates?
Long Row Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Derbyshire. In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Monday 6 September to Wednesday 22 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Thursday 6 January to Friday 7 April 2028 (half term Monday 21 February to Friday 25 February 2028); Summer term: Monday 24 April to Monday 24 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).
How many road collisions happen near Long Row Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 10 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Derbyshire is 6 (the median across 454 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Long Row Primary School?
Long Row Primary School is at Long Row, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1DR.
Sources: Derbyshire term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)