New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School

New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School has been rated as good overall, showcasing consistent performance across various domains. Pupils express a strong sense of community and safety, benefiting from improvements in outdoor spaces that enhance their physical and emotional well-being. The school's approach to education has shown notable progress after a restructuring of leadership and curriculum, leading to improved standards in reading, writing, and mathematics. However, aspects of the early years curriculum still require development to provide a more coherent learning experience. While the school has made significant strides in improving attendance and personal development education, there are concerns regarding the effectiveness of the newly appointed governors who currently lack experience and understanding of their roles. This may hinder their ability to hold school leaders accountable for the school's performance. Despite these challenges, the school demonstrates a solid foundation for continued improvement and growth.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and supported in a strong school community.
• Improvements in outdoor spaces provide engaging play experiences.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Strong emphasis on developing a love of reading across all age groups.
• Improvements in attendance due to dedicated efforts from staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Newly appointed governors have limited experience and understanding of their roles.
• Early years curriculum still in early stages of implementation.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.5% of pupils at New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.2% of pupils at New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School received £8,375 and spent £8,121 for each of its 212 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £549,000 (£2,596 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School have?

New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School has 224 pupils on roll.

What age range does New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School cover?

New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 26% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School?

New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School is at New Station Road, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 6PY.