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Melbourne Junior School

PrimaryAges 7–11Community

Melbourne, DE73 8JE · Derbyshire local authority

Melbourne’s School Grade B+ better than 75% of towns in England

Directions
Its letter
72%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
How full
226 pupils
81% of its 280 places
Free school meals
16%
16 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Melbourne Junior School

  • Its own letter, B+: Key Stage 2 results better than 72% of England’s primary schools
  • 70% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8 points above England’s schools
  • Ofsted: Good, July 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DE73 8) sold for a median £315,000; Melbourne’s is £309,975

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 70%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 72% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Derbyshire avg 59%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Melbourne Junior 70%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 108, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading85%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)85%
England’s schools 73%
Maths83%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling90%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 11 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
45%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
85%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three7%
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.

Melbourne 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. Melbourne’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 →Melbourne Junior
ABCDElsewhere in DerbyshireMelbourne Junior
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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

235 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
13.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 52%Boys 48%
Its letter

Melbourne Junior School’s letter

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

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths B+Better than 72% 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, July 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Melbourne Junior School

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

Home prices in DE73 8, the school’s postcode sector

Melbourne property prices →
£315,000
median sale, 288 sales in 36 months · Melbourne £309,975

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K2010201520202025DE73 8Melbourne
DE73 8Melbourne

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£483K
Semi-detached
£313K
Terraced
£243K
Flat
£178K
DE73 8Melbourne

Homes in DE73 8 sell for about the same as Melbourne’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 miNB+Melbourne Junior School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Location

Directions ↗

Melbourne, DE73 8JE

Melbourne Junior School: common questions

Is Melbourne Junior School a good school?

By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 72% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B+), with 70% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, July 2024.

What is Melbourne Junior School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (July 2024).

How much do houses cost near Melbourne Junior School?

Homes in its postcode sector, DE73 8, sold for a median £315,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (288 sales).

Official recordDfE register (GIAS) ↗DfE performance tables ↗Ofsted reports ↗School website ↗URN 112593

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; Melbourne’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.