Newbold CofE Primary School

Newbold C of E Primary is performing well overall, maintaining a good quality of education and strong support for both academic and personal development. The school's ethos of 'Nurture, Cherish, Succeed' creates a positive environment where students feel safe and supported. Significant strengths include a well-implemented phonics program and strong early years provision, contributing to pupils' overall progress and well-being. The school has been noted for its high expectations of behavior and an array of extracurricular activities that engage students enthusiastically.

Strengths

• Strong ethos of 'Nurture, Cherish, Succeed'.
• Effective early years provision focusing on communication and language skills.
• Well-implemented phonics program with enthusiastic pupil participation.
• Teachers have good subject knowledge and adapt lessons for SEND pupils.
• Wide range of extracurricular opportunities, including forest school and sports.
• Strong leadership and management with a focus on staff well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checks on pupils' learning during lessons.
• Some pupils, particularly disadvantaged ones, have high rates of persistent absence.

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 Newbold CofE Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.0% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Newbold CofE Primary 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 Newbold CofE Primary School had 25.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 40.7% 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, 11.9% of pupils at Newbold CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 2024–25 Newbold CofE Primary School received £7,994 and spent £7,779 for each of its 213 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £81,000 (£380 per pupil).

Across all 33 schools of Derby Diocesan Academy Trust, income was £7,661 and spending £7,414 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Chesterfield · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

Newbold CofE Primary School is part of Derby Diocesan Academy Trust, which runs 33 schools. The nearest others:

• Christ Church CofE Primary School Chesterfield
• Woodthorpe CofE Primary School Chesterfield
• St Giles CofE Primary School Derbyshire
• Bolsover Church of England Junior School Chesterfield
• All Saints CofE Junior School Matlock
• All Saints CofE Infant School Matlock
• Darley Churchtown Church of England Primary School Matlock
• St Giles Church of England Primary and Nursery School Matlock
• Bakewell CofE Infant School Bakewell
• Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary School Buxton

What is Newbold CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Newbold CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Newbold CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Newbold CofE Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Newbold CofE Primary School have?

Newbold CofE Primary School has 218 pupils on roll.

What age range does Newbold CofE Primary School cover?

Newbold CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Newbold CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Newbold CofE Primary School?

Newbold CofE Primary School is at Cranborne Road, Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8PF.