Cavendish Junior School | School performance

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

100

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

100

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

100

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 13/07/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityDerbyshire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio14.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Cavendish Junior School · Primary · Derbyshire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

43%

-12pp

58%51%43%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 43%

RWM higher standard

10%

+10pp

16%8%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

60%

Reading higher standard

33%

Writing expected standard

67%

Writing higher standard

10%

Maths expected standard

57%

Maths higher standard

27%

Science expected standard

70%

SPAG expected standard

77%

SPAG higher standard

23%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

100

Pupil : teacher ratio

14.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

10%

FSM eligible

59%

SEN

16%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

Edmund Street, Newbold Moor, Chesterfield, S41 8TD

Local authority

Derbyshire

Website

www.cavendish.derbyshire.sch.uk

Telephone

01246450691

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	43%	10%	60%	33%	67%	10%	57%	27%	70%	77%	103.0	102.0	104.0	—	—	—	16%	100
2023/24	55%	0%	76%	10%	62%	3%	66%	24%	79%	83%	102.0	104.0	105.0	—	—	—	18%	105
2022/23	52%	0%	61%	9%	74%	13%	61%	9%	78%	74%	102.0	101.0	104.0	-1.10	+1.60	-1.10	16%	94
2018/19	58%	16%	58%	42%	74%	26%	74%	26%	74%	74%	105.0	104.0	107.0	+1.50	+1.50	-0.10	17%	117
2017/18	56%	4%	76%	20%	80%	12%	68%	8%	80%	80%	105.0	102.0	108.0	-2.10	-2.00	-3.90	18%	103
2016/17	48%	0%	48%	10%	71%	0%	71%	10%	86%	81%	101.0	102.0	105.0	-4.70	-4.20	-4.00	18%	93

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	100	12.7	16%	10%	59%	4%	11%
2023/24	105	21.4	18%	10%	59%	6%	14%
2022/23	94	19.2	16%	5%	56%	6%	15%
2021/22	106	21.6	15%	6%	48%	6%	14%
2020/21	107	27.4	13%	6%	39%	—	—
2018/19	117	30.8	17%	4%	42%	3%	4%
2017/18	103	27.1	18%	2%	41%	5%	9%
2016/17	93	18.6	18%	1%	47%	4%	10%