Ash Croft Primary AcademySale and Davys Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Derby.

Summary of the comparison

Ash Croft Primary Academy and Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Derby.

  • Ash Croft Primary Academy scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average). Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Ash Croft Primary Academy was judged Good and Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 41.0% for Ash Croft Primary Academy and 55.0% for Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Ash Croft Primary Academy (51.0% in 2022-23, 41.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School (71.0% in 2022-23, 55.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Ash Croft Primary Academy versus Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure DerbyAsh Croft Primary AcademyDerbySale and Davys Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD53/100C63/100Stronger figure
Local ranking26th of 74 in Derby 87th of 334 in Derbyshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll208 107
Capacity280 105
LocationDerby, DE24 3HF Derby, DE73 7HA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard41.0% 55.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score100.0 109.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 107.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census217 94
Free school meals (ever 6)48.7% 16.0%
English as an additional language67.3% 1.1%
SEN support13.4% 12.8%
SEN with an EHC plan5.1% 2.1%
Attendance
Overall absence6.2% 3.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence17.5% 4.4% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Ash Croft Primary Academy

Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School

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