English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary Academy
About the school
English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary Academy is an open primary school in Derbyshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 25 November 2025
- Published
- 15 January 2026
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 81%
- Derbyshire
- 59%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 19%
- Derbyshire
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 86%
- Derbyshire
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 86%
- Derbyshire
- 70%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 92%
- Derbyshire
- 72%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 86%
- Derbyshire
- 71%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 39%
- Derbyshire
- 26%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 97%
- Derbyshire
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 109
- Derbyshire
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Derbyshire
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Derbyshire
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
246
Girls
52.85%
Boys
47.15%
SEN support
15.45%
Education, health and care plan
1.22%
English as an additional language
18.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
17.07%
Overall absence
3.58
Persistent absence
7.73