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Sudbury Primary School

Primary school in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Requires improvement (Jun 2023).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 6 June 2023, report published 16 July 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Sudbury Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Sudbury Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early yearsRequires improvement
Safeguarding effectiveYes

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 December 2025

The last inspection was in June 2023. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

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. 1.7 milesSt. Peter's Church of England First School

    Primary, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

    Requires improvement (Jun 2022)

  2. 2.3 milesSt Augustine's CofE Academy

    Primary, Ashbourne, Staffordshire

    Good (Apr 2024)

  3. 2.7 milesDoveridge Primary School

    Primary, Ashbourne, Derbyshire

    School remains Good (Nov 2022)

  4. 3.1 milesChurch Broughton CofE Primary School

    Primary, Derby, Derbyshire

    Standards maintained (Oct 2024)

  5. 3.4 milesHeath Fields Primary School

    Primary, Derby, Derbyshire

    Good (Jul 2023)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.