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Pilsley CofE Primary School
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Pilsley CofE Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11Voluntary aidedChurch of England

near Baslow, DE45 1UF · Derbyshire local authority

Baslow’s School Grade A+ better than 97% of towns in England

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Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Its letter
87%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
5/5
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
64 pupils
76% of its 84 places
Free school meals
13%
13 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Pilsley CofE Primary School

  • Its own letter, A: Key Stage 2 results better than 87% of England’s primary schools
  • 77% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 15 points above England’s schools
  • 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, April 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Baslow, the nearest town
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (5 of 5)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DE45 1) sold for a median £380,000; Baslow’s is £620,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 77%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 87% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Derbyshire avg 59%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Pilsley CofE Primary 77%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading90%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)90%
England’s schools 73%
Maths80%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling70%
England’s schools 74%
Reached the higher standard in all three10%
England’s schools 8% · Derbyshire 8% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Pilsley CofE Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

5
families put it first for September 2026
5
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Derbyshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Curbar Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Longstone CofE Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Pilsley CofE Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Bakewell CofE Infant
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
St Anne's CofE Primary
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice

Baslow and Derbyshire, side by side

2023–2025

All 270 graded primaries in Derbyshire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Baslow’s schools are coloured by their letter.

15%29%43%57%71%85%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →St Anne's CofEPilsley CofE
ABCDElsewhere in DerbyshirePilsley CofE Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Redhill Primary SchoolA+9%99%
Kniveton CofE Primary SchoolA+11%90%
Kirkstead Junior AcademyA+43%90%
Morley Primary SchoolA+13%89%
Breadsall CofE VC Primary SchoolA+8%88%
Kirk Langley CofE Primary SchoolA+11%87%
Holbrook Church of England Primary SchoolA+11%87%
Penny Acres Primary SchoolA+12%86%
William Gilbert Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolA+8%85%
Pilsley Primary SchoolA+35%84%
Taddington and Priestcliffe SchoolA+13%84%
Aston-on-Trent Primary SchoolA+10%83%
Wessington Primary SchoolA+5%83%
Osmaston CofE (VC) Primary SchoolA9%82%
Christ the King Catholic Voluntary AcademyA18%82%
Mugginton CofE Primary SchoolA7%81%
Street Lane Primary SchoolA19%81%
Longford CofE Primary SchoolA7%81%
Ashover Primary SchoolA15%80%
Wigley Primary SchoolA13%80%
Fairmeadows Foundation Primary SchoolA36%80%
All Saints CofE Junior SchoolA14%80%
Walton Holymoorside Primary SchoolA5%80%
Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary SchoolA17%79%
Hathersage St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolA19%79%
Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery SchoolA38%78%
Brassington Primary SchoolA26%78%
Findern Primary SchoolA10%78%
Scarcliffe Primary SchoolA10%78%
Chinley Primary SchoolA14%77%
Pilsley CofE Primary SchoolA13%77%
Brimington Junior SchoolA39%77%
Marsh Lane Primary SchoolA18%76%
Deer Park Primary SchoolA10%76%
St Thomas Catholic Voluntary AcademyA23%76%
Hady Primary SchoolA20%76%
Etwall Primary SchoolA−17%75%
Brockwell Junior SchoolA−25%75%
William Levick Primary SchoolA−10%74%
Grindleford Primary SchoolA−15%74%
Coppice Primary SchoolA−37%74%
Little Eaton Primary SchoolA−6%74%
Abercrombie Primary SchoolA−25%74%
St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolA−9%74%
Immaculate Conception Catholic PrimaryA−14%74%
Sale and Davys Church of England Primary SchoolA−14%73%
St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary SchoolA−9%72%
St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary SchoolA−36%72%
Willington Primary SchoolA−17%71%
Hartington CofE Primary SchoolA−5%71%
English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary AcademyA−19%71%
St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary AcademyA−12%71%
Walton Peak Flying High AcademyA−47%71%
Palterton Primary SchoolA−28%71%
Duckmanton Primary SchoolA−50%71%
Melbourne Junior SchoolB+16%70%
Newbold CofE Primary SchoolB+46%70%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyB+20%70%
Clowne Junior SchoolB+38%69%
Curbar Primary SchoolB+9%69%
Creswell Junior SchoolB+58%69%
Hasland Junior SchoolB+28%69%
Duffield the Meadows Primary SchoolB+9%69%
Gorseybrigg Primary School and NurseryB+7%69%
Darley Churchtown Church of England Primary SchoolB+61%69%
Mary Swanwick Primary SchoolB+43%69%
Hilton Spencer AcademyB+22%69%
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyB+24%69%
Barlborough Primary SchoolB+23%68%
Darley Dale Primary SchoolB+22%68%
Middleton Community Primary SchoolB+29%68%
Dronfield Stonelow Junior SchoolB+37%68%
Crich Carr CofE Primary SchoolB+5%68%
Litton CofE Primary SchoolB+19%68%
Shardlow Primary SchoolB+17%68%
Cloudside AcademyB+48%68%
Ashbrook Junior SchoolB+27%68%
Bamford Primary SchoolB9%67%
Parwich Primary SchoolB24%67%
Northfield Junior SchoolB21%67%
Clifton CofE Primary SchoolB15%67%
Newton Primary SchoolB23%66%
Overseal Primary SchoolB25%66%
Long Row Primary SchoolB21%66%
Church Broughton CofE Primary SchoolB15%66%
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolB28%66%
Howitt Primary Community SchoolB49%66%
Tupton Primary and Nursery AcademyB48%66%
Chaucer Junior SchoolB49%66%
Stonebroom Primary and Nursery SchoolB37%66%
Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery SchoolB47%65%
Crich Junior SchoolB33%65%
Anthony Bek Community Primary SchoolB47%65%
Coton-in-the-Elms Cof E Primary SchoolB23%65%
Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and NurseryB39%65%
St Mary's Catholic PrimaryB14%65%
Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolB22%65%
Dovedale Primary SchoolB16%65%
Old Hall Junior SchoolB22%65%
Kensington Junior AcademyB51%65%
North Wingfield Primary and Nursery AcademyB48%65%
Hunloke Park Primary SchoolB13%65%
Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary SchoolB−23%64%
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary AcademyB−26%64%
Kilburn Junior SchoolB−24%64%
Burbage Primary SchoolB−13%64%
South Wingfield Primary SchoolB−11%63%
Dallimore Primary & Nursery SchoolB−44%63%
Rowsley CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolB−48%63%
Hartshorne CofE Primary SchoolB−21%63%
Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary SchoolB−24%63%
St John's CofE Primary School and NurseryB−17%63%
Fitzherbert CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolB−21%63%
Somerlea Park Junior SchoolB−68%63%
St Charles' Catholic Voluntary AcademyB−23%63%
Hollingwood Primary SchoolB−23%63%
Firfield Primary SchoolB−18%62%
Denby Free CofE VA Primary SchoolB−10%62%
The Curzon CofE Primary SchoolB−14%62%
Codnor Community Primary School Church of England ControlledB−25%62%
Lea Primary SchoolB−8%61%
Dronfield Junior SchoolB−21%61%
Staveley Junior SchoolB−64%61%
Inkersall Spencer AcademyB−42%61%
Langley Mill AcademyB−44%61%
Woodthorpe CofE Primary SchoolB−37%61%
Waingroves Primary SchoolB−20%61%
Padfield Community Primary SchoolC+22%60%
Stanton-in-Peak CofE Primary SchoolC+15%60%
Brooklands Primary SchoolC+46%60%
Norbury CofE Primary SchoolC+16%60%
Westhouses Primary SchoolC+24%59%
Holmgate Primary School and NurseryC+41%59%
Park House Primary SchoolC+11%59%
Furness Vale Primary and Nursery SchoolC+26%59%
Herbert Strutt Primary SchoolC+46%59%
Kirk Ireton C of E Primary SchoolC+18%59%
Longstone CofE Primary SchoolC+9%59%
Repton Primary SchoolC+15%59%
Leys Junior SchoolC+49%58%
Hayfield Primary SchoolC+20%58%
Unstone Junior SchoolC+53%58%
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary SchoolC+33%58%
Netherseal St Peter's CofE (C) Primary SchoolC+44%58%
Linton Primary SchoolC+36%58%
Grange Primary SchoolC37%57%
Town End Junior SchoolC28%57%
St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolC23%57%
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolC19%57%
Calow CofE VC Primary SchoolC36%57%
Holme Hall Primary SchoolC44%57%
Shirland Primary SchoolC39%57%
Glebe Junior SchoolC42%57%
Harrington Junior SchoolC36%56%
Ambergate Primary SchoolC9%56%
Milford Primary SchoolC10%56%
Matlock Bath Holy Trinity CofE Controlled Primary SchoolC22%56%
Stretton Handley Church of England Primary SchoolC29%56%
Winster CofE Primary SchoolC50%56%
Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary SchoolC16%56%
St Giles CofE Primary SchoolC32%56%
Model Village Primary SchoolC46%56%
Hope Primary SchoolC19%55%
Wirksworth Junior SchoolC30%55%
The Park Junior SchoolC39%55%
Barlow CofE Primary SchoolC19%55%
St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolC18%55%
Weston-on-Trent CofE (VA) Primary SchoolC19%55%
St Anne's Catholic Voluntary AcademyC30%55%
Horsley Woodhouse Primary SchoolC12%55%
Whaley Thorns Primary SchoolC54%55%
Hague Bar Primary SchoolC0%55%
Cutthorpe Primary SchoolC7%54%
Bonsall CofE (A) Primary SchoolC16%54%
Sawley Junior SchoolC35%54%
St Giles Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolC35%54%
Gamesley Primary and Nursery SchoolC75%54%
Ladywood Primary SchoolC48%54%
Hulland CofE Primary & Nursery SchoolC6%54%
Swanwick Primary SchoolC−17%53%
Brockley Primary SchoolC−50%53%
Earl Sterndale CofE Primary SchoolC−27%53%
Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolC−21%53%
Pennine Way Junior AcademyC−34%53%
New Whittington Community Primary SchoolC−36%53%
Riddings Junior SchoolC−48%53%
Egginton Primary SchoolC−31%52%
Whitwell Primary SchoolC−39%52%
St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior SchoolC−56%52%
South Darley CofE Primary SchoolC−20%52%
Richardson Endowed Primary SchoolC−14%52%
Walton On Trent CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolC−16%52%
Brailsford CofE Primary SchoolC−12%52%
Hallam Fields Junior SchoolC−41%51%
St Laurence CofE Primary SchoolC−36%51%
Scargill CofE Primary SchoolC−14%51%
Doveridge Primary SchoolC−8%50%
Cavendish Junior SchoolC−69%50%
Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC−15%50%
Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolC−18%50%
Temple Normanton Primary AcademyC−34%50%
Bolsover Church of England Junior SchoolC−44%50%
Langwith Bassett Primary AcademyC−41%50%
Heath Primary SchoolC−40%50%
St George's CofE Primary SchoolC−33%50%
Longmoor Primary SchoolC−33%49%
Norbriggs Primary SchoolC−54%49%
Sharley Park Community Primary SchoolC−52%49%
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyC−58%49%
St Edward's Catholic AcademyC−24%49%
Ironville and Codnor Park Primary SchoolC−84%49%
Loscoe CofE Primary School and NurseryC−25%49%
Arkwright Primary SchoolC−39%48%
Dove Holes CofE Primary SchoolD32%47%
Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery SchoolD30%47%
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyD36%47%
Bradley CofE Primary SchoolD14%47%
Whaley Bridge Primary SchoolD23%46%
Highfield Hall Primary SchoolD33%46%
St Andrew's CofE Junior SchoolD38%46%
Turnditch Church of England Primary SchoolD4%46%
Woodbridge Junior SchoolD50%45%
New Mills Primary SchoolD19%45%
Newtown Primary School (High Peak Federation)D26%45%
Camms CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolD36%45%
Belmont Primary SchoolD27%45%
St George's CofE Primary SchoolD35%45%
Poolsbrook Primary AcademyD44%45%
Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary SchoolD28%44%
Ripley Junior SchoolD45%44%
Granby Junior SchoolD40%43%
Eckington Junior SchoolD38%43%
Ashbourne Primary SchoolD31%43%
New Bolsover Primary and Nursery SchoolD57%42%
Killamarsh Junior SchoolD34%42%
Stanton Primary SchoolD37%42%
Spire Junior SchoolD60%42%
Eyam CofE Primary SchoolD11%42%
Mundy CofE Junior SchoolD30%42%
Cotmanhay Junior SchoolD70%41%
Heath Fields Primary SchoolD23%41%
Stenson Fields Primary Community SchoolD21%40%
Monyash CofE Primary SchoolD23%40%
Rosliston CofE Primary SchoolD10%40%
Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary SchoolD25%40%
Renishaw Primary SchoolD33%39%
Grassmoor Primary SchoolD44%39%
Cromford Church of England Primary SchoolD29%39%
Carsington and Hopton Primary SchoolD−13%38%
Dunston Primary and Nursery AcademyD−55%38%
St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary AcademyD−65%38%
Eureka Primary SchoolD−41%37%
William Rhodes Primary and Nursery SchoolD−60%36%
Tansley Primary SchoolD−17%35%
Springfield Junior SchoolD−63%35%
Hodthorpe Primary SchoolD−36%35%
Pottery Primary SchoolD−25%34%
Biggin CofE Primary SchoolD−29%33%
Thornsett Primary School (High Peak Federation)D−29%32%
Brampton Primary SchoolD−43%32%
Youlgrave, All Saints' CofE (VA) Primary SchoolD−26%31%
Buxworth Primary SchoolD−27%30%
Marlpool Junior SchoolD−42%30%
Castle View Primary SchoolD−58%29%
Peak Dale Primary SchoolD−17%26%
Brookfield Primary SchoolD−64%23%
Marston Montgomery Primary SchoolD−22%23%
Peak Forest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolD−19%22%
Great Hucklow CE PrimaryD−27%17%
Elton CofE Primary SchoolD−39%15%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

70 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
10%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

Pilsley CofE Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths ABetter than 87% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, April 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Pilsley CofE Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in DE45 1, the school’s postcode sector

Baslow property prices →
£380,000
median sale, 342 sales in 36 months · Baslow £620,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K2010201520202025DE45 1Baslow
DE45 1Baslow

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£583K
Semi-detached
£358K
Terraced
£295K
Flat
£220K
DE45 1Baslow

Homes in DE45 1 sell for well under Baslow’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

1 state school
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−APilsley CofE Primary School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Location

Directions ↗

near Baslow, DE45 1UF

Pilsley CofE Primary School: common questions

Is Pilsley CofE Primary School a good school?

By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 87% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A), with 77% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, April 2022.

How hard is it to get into Pilsley CofE Primary School?

For September 2026, 5 families put Pilsley CofE Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 5 places were offered in all.

What is Pilsley CofE Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (April 2022).

How much do houses cost near Pilsley CofE Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, DE45 1, sold for a median £380,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (342 sales).

Official recordDfE register (GIAS) ↗DfE performance tables ↗Ofsted reports ↗School website ↗URN 112891

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Baslow’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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