Primary school in Glossop, Derbyshire
St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Glossop Road, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6JH
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 2 February 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 34
- Places
- 161
- How full
- 21% full — 34 of 161 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 20 / 14
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistently absent
- 24%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 60%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- With an EHC plan
- 3%
- On SEN support
- 35%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for High Peak 004C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 42%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 12%
- Households owning their home
- 82%
- Households in social housing
- 4%
- Households with no car
- 8%
- Adults economically inactive
- 41%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Grainne Beaumont
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Ward
- St John's
- Constituency
- High Peak
- URN
- 146113
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gamesley Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 67% | 0.4 mi |
| Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 47% | 0.7 mi |
| Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 36% | 0.8 mi |
| Simmondley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 0.8 mi |
| Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 58% | 1.2 mi |
| Mottram CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | — | 1.3 mi |
| Broadbottom Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 1.3 mi |
| St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | No grade | 57% | 1.3 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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