Primary school in Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Sudbury Primary School
School Lane, Sudbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 5HZ
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 6 June 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
- Places
- 70
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Derbyshire Dales 010C, 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
- 34%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 13%
- Households owning their home
- 77%
- Households in social housing
- 5%
- Households with no car
- 7%
- Adults economically inactive
- 48%
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 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ACE DERBYSHIRE TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Stephen Hickey
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Ward
- Doveridge & Sudbury
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales
- URN
- 152381
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Peter's Church of England First SchoolAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2022 | — | 1.7 mi |
| St Augustine's CofE AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | — | 2.3 mi |
| Doveridge Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | — | 2.7 mi |
| Church Broughton CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | No grade | 33% | 3.1 mi |
| Heath Fields Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 44% | 3.4 mi |
| Richard Wakefield CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 61% | 3.8 mi |
| Marston Montgomery Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2023 | — | 4.1 mi |
| Needwood CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 60% | 4.4 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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