Stanley Common Church of England Primary School
Primary school in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Inadequate (Nov 2022). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 23 November 2022, report published 15 May 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Stanley Common CofE Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Stanley Common Church of England Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | No |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around November 2026
The last inspection was in November 2022. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. That’s within the next six months.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 1.0 milesScargill CofE Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Nov 2024)
- 1.2 milesSt Andrew's CofE Primary School
Good (Oct 2022)
- 1.3 milesMapperley CofE Controlled Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jul 2025)
- 1.4 milesMorley Primary School
Report card, Jan 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected
- 1.5 milesRichardson Endowed Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jun 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.