Howitt Primary Community School | Primary in Heanor, Amber Valley | Ofsted & DfE

55%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

360

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

55%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

360

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

55%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

360

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 27/06/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityDerbyshire

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio22.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Howitt Primary Community School · Primary · Derbyshire

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2022/23

RWM expected standard

55%

-18pp

73%64%55%

'23'24'25

'25 · 55%

RWM higher standard

+2pp

10%8%5%

'23'24'25

'25 · 7%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

76%

Reading higher standard

31%

Writing expected standard

69%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

76%

Maths higher standard

29%

Science expected standard

74%

SPAG expected standard

74%

SPAG higher standard

29%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

105.0

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

360

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

50%

SEN

15%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

12%

Contact

Address

Holmes Street, Heanor, DE75 7FS

Local authority

Derbyshire

Website

www.howittprimary.org.uk/

Telephone

01773713217

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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	55%	7%	76%	31%	69%	7%	76%	29%	74%	74%	105.0	105.0	105.0	—	—	—	15%	360
2023/24	73%	5%	85%	29%	78%	15%	88%	12%	83%	85%	107.0	105.0	109.0	—	—	—	14%	338
2022/23	71%	10%	83%	40%	74%	19%	83%	24%	79%	76%	107.0	106.0	106.0	+2.40	+0.70	+1.60	15%	326

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	360	23.4	15%	6%	50%	5%	12%
2023/24	338	21.6	14%	5%	48%	7%	19%
2022/23	326	20.2	15%	3%	47%	6%	17%
2021/22	360	21.6	12%	3%	45%	5%	15%
2020/21	380	21.8	12%	3%	34%	—	—
2018/19	397	—	13%	3%	36%	4%	9%