Willington Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Derby, Derbyshire
Willington Primary School is a primary school in Derby, Derbyshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 July 2024.
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Catchment area for Willington Primary School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Trent Avenue, Willington, Derby, DE65 6DN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Derbyshire
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 July 2024
Strengths
- “Willington Primary School has a strong sense of community.”
- “There is a clear vision to ensure that it is a place ‘Where Pupils Succeed’.”
- “The school’s values of ‘REACH: respect, empathy, aspiration, collaboration, honesty’, guide pupils successfully in their actions.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the curriculum does not make clear the most important content pupils need to know and remember.”
- “Therefore, in such subjects pupils do not build a strong knowledge base over time.”
- “In a small number of subjects, the school has not yet checked how well the curriculum is being implemented.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 81% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 27 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derbyshire.
- Findern Primary School 1.1 mi Good
- Repton Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged
- Egginton Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged
- Newton Solney CofE (Aided) Infant School 2.1 mi Good
- Highfields Spencer Academy 2.6 mi Not judged
- Etwall Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good
- Stenson Fields Primary Community School 2.9 mi Good
- The Mease Spencer Academy 3.1 mi Good