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Brimington Junior School

Primary Ages 7-11 282 pupils Chesterfield
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Brimington Junior School is an academy converter in Chesterfield for pupils aged 7 to 11. It has 282 pupils on roll. In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 29.4 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 7-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Springvale Road
Brimington
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S43 1HF
Phone 01246232505
Reference Number 143580

General Makeup

Number of pupils 282
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.84%
Girls: 47.16%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 38.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 31.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 31.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
3 34 35 69
4 38 31 69
5 31 36 67
6 46 31 77

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.1%
Indian 1.8%
White & Asian 1.1%
African 1.1%
White, Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Asian, Other 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 04 Mar 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
04 Mar 2025 School inspection
27 Nov 2019 School inspection
06 Dec 2016 Academy conversion letter
14 Jan 2014 Full inspection:
Previously as Brimington Junior School
26 Jun 2012 Full inspection:
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
19 Nov 2008 Curriculum and development visit
20 Sep 2007 Full inspection:
29 Oct 2001 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 82%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 20%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 110
Maths 109

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.3
Writing 2
Maths 3.7

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Average Scaled Score

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Brimington Junior School had 295 pupils for 360 places. 65 places (18.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Brimington/Calow Primary” planning area

Derbyshire counted 91 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 101 in 2029–30, up 11%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 360360360360360360360360
Pupils 327328306299312316302295
Unfilled 9.2%8.9%15.0%16.9%13.3%12.2%16.1%18.1%

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 Brimington Junior School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.2%3.3%2.4%4.9%4.5%4.5%4.3%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.7%0.3%0.6%0.9%1.0%0.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%0.9%1.9%0.3%

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, 3.0% of pupils at Brimington Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.12.33.61.42.33.81.610.1
Permanent exclusions 10000111

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 Brimington Junior School had 29.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.012.112.310.912.713.312.612.012.8
Teachers who left state teaching 0.7%14.1%0.0%6.8%0.0%7.5%9.9%7.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 66.7%62.5%–43.8%73.3%62.5%64.7%81.3%–
Sick days per teacher 2.32.7–1.54.12.84.54.5–

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, 16.7% of pupils at Brimington Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 19 1
Social, emotional and mental health 10 2
Other difficulty or disability 8 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 5
Speech, language and communication needs 5 2
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Physical disability 1 0

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 Brimington Junior School received £7,070 and spent £6,454 for each of its 297 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £480,000 (£1,617 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of Learners' Trust, income was £8,896 and spending £8,606 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

201920212022202320242025
Revenue reserve -£17,000-£14,000£39,000£148,000£285,000£480,000
per pupil -£57-£49£126£469£932£1,617
In-year balance -£66,000-£6,000£137,000£112,000£127,000£183,000
per pupil -£216-£21£446£355£416£616

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.

Name Distance
Henry Bradley Infant School
Princess Street, Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 1HR
0.58 miles
New Whittington Community Primary School
London Street, New Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2AQ
0.84 miles
Hollingwood Primary School
Lilac Street, Hollingwood, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2JG
1.02 miles
Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy
Scarsdale Road, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8NF
1.1 miles
Mary Swanwick Primary School
Church Street North, Old Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9QW
1.15 miles
Cavendish Junior School
Edmund Street, Newbold Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8TD
1.26 miles
Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School
Manor Road, Brimington Common, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 1NT
1.29 miles
Christ Church CofE Primary School
Tapton View Road, Stonegravels, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 7JU
1.42 miles
Barrow Hill Primary Academy
Station Road, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2PG
1.49 miles
Newbold CofE Primary School
Cranborne Road, Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8PF
1.55 miles
Inkersall Spencer Academy
Inkersall Green Road, Inkersall, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3SE
1.6 miles
Abercrombie Primary School
Higher Albert Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 7QE
1.64 miles
Highfield Hall Primary School
Highfield Hall Primary School, Highfield Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8AZ
1.64 miles
Chesterfield Hospital School
Knightingale Red Ward, Chesterfield, S44 5BL
1.75 miles
Calow CofE VC Primary School
North Road, Calow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 5BD
1.79 miles
St Peter and St Paul School
Brambling House, Chesterfield, S41 0EF
1.81 miles
Dunston Primary and Nursery Academy
Dunston Lane, Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8EY
1.83 miles
St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School
Calver Crescent, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3LY
1.89 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary
Cross Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 4ST
1.92 miles
Staveley Junior School
College Avenue, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3XE
1.96 miles
Name Distance
Whittington Green School
High Street, Old Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9LG
0.94 miles
Bluebank School
Peter Webster Centre, Sheffield Road, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, S41 8LQ
1.02 miles
Holly House Special School
Church Street North, Old Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9QR
1.28 miles
Outwood Academy Newbold
Highfield Lane, Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8BA
1.46 miles
Chesterfield College
Infirmary Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 7NG
1.69 miles
Springwell Community College
Middlecroft Road, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3NQ
1.81 miles
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Newbold Road, Upper Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8AG
2.09 miles
Include-West Bars
23 West Bars, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 1AB
2.12 miles
Parkside Community School
Boythorpe Avenue, Boythorpe, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2NS
2.6 miles
Ashgate Croft School
Ashgate Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 4BN
2.6 miles
Netherthorpe School
Ralph Road, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3PU
2.64 miles
Outwood Academy Hasland Hall
Broomfield Avenue, Hasland, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 0LP
2.98 miles
Eckington School
Dronfield Road, Sheffield, Derbyshire, S21 4GN
3.39 miles
Brookfield Community School
Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 3NS
3.41 miles
Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School
Green Lane, Dronfield, Derbyshire, S18 2FZ
3.77 miles

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Brimington Junior School is part of Learners' Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Brimington Junior School have?

Brimington Junior School has 282 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brimington Junior School cover?

Brimington Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brimington Junior School?

Brimington Junior School is at Springvale Road, Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 1HF.

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