Corfield CofE Infant School

Corfield CofE Infant School is currently facing significant challenges that have resulted in the need for urgent improvements. Despite some positive aspects, including effective attendance tracking and a welcoming early years environment, overall performance falls short of what is expected. The school shows a commitment to safeguarding, and pupils feel safe and supported; however, their academic achievements, particularly in writing and phonics, are notably below national averages, signaling a deeper issue in teaching efficacy across subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils have positive attitudes to learning.
• Attendance is well tracked and supported.
• Behaviour across the school is positive.
• The early years environment is inclusive and welcoming.
• The curriculum for personal development and wellbeing is well organised.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils do not achieve consistently well.
• Writing skills are not adequately developed.
• Results in the phonics screening check are significantly below national averages.
• Inconsistencies exist in curriculum delivery and teaching quality.
• Support for pupils with SEND is not consistently applied.

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 Corfield CofE Infant School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.2% 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, 2.5% of pupils at Corfield CofE Infant 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 Corfield CofE Infant School had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.0% 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, 25.9% of pupils at Corfield CofE Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Corfield CofE Infant School received £8,241 and spent £8,490 for each of its 81 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £8,000 (£96 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 Corfield CofE Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Corfield CofE Infant School is Urgent improvement, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Corfield CofE Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Corfield CofE Infant School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Corfield CofE Infant School have?

Corfield CofE Infant School has 81 pupils on roll.

What age range does Corfield CofE Infant School cover?

Corfield CofE Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Corfield CofE Infant School?

Corfield CofE Infant School is at Thorpes Road, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7GQ.