Pennine Way Junior AcademyAlbert Village Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Pennine Way Junior Academy and Albert Village Primary School are primary schools in Swadlincote.

  • Pennine Way Junior Academy scores 46 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Albert Village Primary School scores 42 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Pennine Way Junior Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Pennine Way Junior Academy was judged Good and Albert Village Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 54.0% for Pennine Way Junior Academy and 59.0% for Albert Village Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Pennine Way Junior Academy (57.0% in 2022-23, 54.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Albert Village Primary School (45.0% in 2022-23, 59.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Pennine Way Junior Academy versus Albert Village Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SwadlincotePennine Way Junior AcademySwadlincoteAlbert Village Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD46/100Stronger figureD42/100
Local ranking194th of 336 in Derbyshire 194th of 225 in Leicestershire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll370 204
Capacity360 210
LocationSwadlincote, DE11 9EY Swadlincote, DE11 8HA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard54.0% 59.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard3.0% 3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census370 204
Free school meals (ever 6)33.0% 14.7%
English as an additional language4.9% 2.5%
SEN support13.8% 10.8%
SEN with an EHC plan3.2% 0.5%
Attendance
Overall absence5.3% 4.9% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence11.4% 8.0% 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.

Pennine Way Junior Academy

Albert Village Primary School

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