Creswell Junior School

Creswell Junior School is recognized as a valuable part of its community, known for providing a safe and supportive environment for pupils. Relationships among students, parents, and staff are strong, which contributes to a positive and happy atmosphere for learning. The school has high expectations for its students, fostering their confidence and ability to embrace diversity. Most areas of the curriculum are well-developed, although there are ongoing refinements in a few subjects to ensure all students achieve their full potential. Overall, the school maintains a commitment to inclusion, ensuring that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported and able to succeed. Despite these strengths, the school faces challenges in fully implementing its curriculum in certain subjects. Leaders acknowledge that while progress is being made, some pupils have yet to develop secure knowledge in these areas. Attention must be given to ensuring that the curriculum is comprehensively executed to foster meaningful learning connections across all subjects, which will further bolster student achievement. The school’s dedication to continuous improvement and support for all pupils remains unwavering.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between parents, staff, and pupils.
• High expectations leading to positive pupil outcomes.
• Commitment to inclusion for pupils with SEND.
• Effective support for pupils with gaps in their knowledge.
• Strong culture of safeguarding in the school.
• Relentless pursuit of curriculum evolution to meet high standards.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects still have ongoing curriculum refinements.
• Not all pupils are developing secure knowledge in incomplete subjects.

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 Creswell Junior School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.7% 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, 1.7% of pupils at Creswell Junior 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 Creswell Junior School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.7% 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, 20.5% of pupils at Creswell Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 Creswell Junior School received £8,687 and spent £8,952 for each of its 219 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £228,000 (£1,043 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 Creswell Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Creswell Junior School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Creswell Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Creswell Junior School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Creswell Junior School have?

Creswell Junior School has 219 pupils on roll.

What age range does Creswell Junior School cover?

Creswell Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Creswell Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Creswell Junior School?

Creswell Junior School is at Elmton Road, Creswell, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 4JD.