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Beaufort Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Hampshire Road, Derby DE21 6BT · beaufort.derby.sch.uk · 01332 347275
On the mapSearch near DE21 6BT
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 47%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Derby 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 224
- 53% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Derby
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 53.2%
- First language not English
- 17.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 26 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 23 | 21 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Derby it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼47% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 131980)
Ofsted
Beaufort Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 7 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 7 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 131980), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131980)
Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131980)
Oct 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131980)
What parents said
59% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 59%
- Replies
- 22
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on the 55% who had a child bullied