Cotmanhay Junior School
Primary schoolCotmanhay Junior School is a primary school in Erewash, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 273 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 December 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 38% of pupils at Cotmanhay Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Derbyshire and 62% in England.
9% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met10 m
- Esteem Valley AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade430 m
- Bennerley Fields SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), January 2023510 m
- Granby Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Charlotte Nursery and Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade1.1 km
- Blue Mountain EducationSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Erewash
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).