Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Derbyshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 21 May 2024Graded inspection: Good · as Palterton Primary School, URN 112617
- 2 November 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Palterton Primary School, URN 112617
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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 entry42 applications · 11 places offered · 10 named it first
- 2026 3.8; Derbyshire median median 2.0
- 2025 3.6; Derbyshire median median 2.1
- 2024 4.6; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2023 4.9; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2022 4.6; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2021 4.6; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2020 4.6; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2019 4.4; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 4.2; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2017 6.0; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 5.6; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 6.3; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 4.7; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Derbyshire median
Dashed bars: as Palterton Primary School (URN 112617), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 9 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2024 * | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 17 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2023 * | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2022 * | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 19 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2021 * | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 16 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2020 * | 12 | 55 | 4.6 | 10 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 * | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 16 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2017 * | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 25 | 1.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 13 | 73 | 5.6 | 20 | 1.54 |
| Sep 2015 * | 12 | 75 | 6.3 | 18 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2014 * | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 9 | 0.90 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Palterton Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.8applications per place
- 2.1 km · DerbyshireNot yet inspected2.7applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · DerbyshireGood20242.3applications per place 26%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · DerbyshireRemains Good20221.5applications per place
- 2.4 km · DerbyshireGood202248%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · DerbyshireGood20241.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · DerbyshireRemains Good20231.3applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · Derbyshire20261.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · DerbyshireGood20241.7applications per place
- 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
- 150574 · 830/2213
- Capacity
- 91 pupils · 87 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2024
- Replaced
- Palterton Primary School (URN 112617)
- Address
- Back Lane, Palterton, Chesterfield, S44 6UN
- Local authority
- Derbyshire · Bolsover
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources