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Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy

  • 2–7Ages
  • 68Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 145520URN

Scarsdale Road, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, S41 8NF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
close to Derbyshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Derbyshire

29 applications for 14 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 June 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
close to Derbyshire median (2.0) close to England median (2.2)

29 applications · 14 places offered · 13 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.8; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.4; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.1; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.8; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.1; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.2; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  8. 2019 2.5; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.9; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.1; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.0; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.9; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.9; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median

Dashed bars: as Gilbert Heathcote Nursery and Infant School (URN 112662), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202614292.1130.93
Sep 202512221.8100.83
Sep 202416382.4161.00
Sep 202328602.1240.86
Sep 202211312.8100.91
Sep 202119402.1191.00
Sep 202021462.2200.95
Sep 201915372.5151.00
Sep 201824461.9241.00
Sep 2017 *29622.1270.93
Sep 2016 *20593.0190.95
Sep 2015 *36681.9350.97
Sep 2014 *35671.9330.94

Schools nearby

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  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145520 · 830/2287
Trust
Minerva Learning Trust
Capacity
120 pupils · 68 on roll
Free school meals
53.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 March 2018
Replaced
Gilbert Heathcote Nursery and Infant School (URN 112662)
Address
Scarsdale Road, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, S41 8NF
Local authority
Derbyshire · Chesterfield

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources