St Giles CofE Primary School, Killamarsh

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades St Giles CofE Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Increasingly, pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils attend school well."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a broad and balanced curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get off to a positive start in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Inclusion is at the heart of all leaders do."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have made the school a welcoming and safe place where everyone works together to help pupils learn."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education curriculum is clearly designed and structured to help pupils understand important knowledge they need for later life."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that classroom practice more consistently meets the needs of different learners in the school's mixed-age classes"; "Leaders should ensure that assessment arrangements in the wider curriculum help teachers check pupils' understanding and adapt teaching appropriately so gaps in pupils' knowledge are addressed effectively"; "Leaders should ensure that the teaching of the personal development programme enables pupils to develop a deeper understanding of a range of faiths and religions".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Thank you to all parents and carers for your patience and support with online learning today. We are pleased to confirm that the school will reopen as normal on Monday. We apologise again for the inconvenience caused today and thank you for your understanding."

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils at St Giles CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in Derbyshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 79% in reading and 80% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 40 families put St Giles CofE Primary School as their first choice and 59 named it as one of their preferences, for 43 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Giles CofE Primary School are Killamarsh Infant School (0.7 miles, Good); Killamarsh Junior School (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 61% reading, 53% maths); Halfway Nursery Infant School (1.2 miles, Good); and Immaculate Conception Catholic Primary (1.3 miles, Good, 83% reading, 86% maths).

St Giles CofE Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

St Giles CofE Primary School is one of 33 schools run by Derby Diocesan Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

1.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 28 pupils (9%) received SEN support and 13 (4.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Halfway Platform, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Giles School (opposite), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Giles CofE Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 78 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (50), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Giles CofE Primary School issued 12 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.