New Whittington Community Primary School

New Whittington Community Primary School has shown notable improvement since its last inspection and achieved a 'Good' rating across all areas during its recent evaluation. The school’s culture promotes effective communication, ambition, and problem resolution among pupils, fostering a supportive environment where students feel valued and safe. While the curriculum has been structured to ensure a strong foundation, areas for improvement have been identified in how teachers assess students' understanding and engagement in lessons, particularly concerning some students not fully meeting learning expectations.

Strengths

• Pupils learn British Sign Language, fostering inclusion.
• Curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, helping pupils recall prior learning.
• High-quality early years provision that engages children effectively.
• Strong personal development program with effective PSHE lessons.
• Unified staff team with strong leadership support.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not always check pupils' understanding effectively.
• Some pupils do not consistently engage with learning.

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 Whittington Community Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.8% 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, 2.1% of pupils at New Whittington Community 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 New Whittington Community Primary School had 20.9 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, 14.0% of pupils at New Whittington Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% 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 2024–25 New Whittington Community Primary School received £8,742 and spent £8,109 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £349,000 (£1,529 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

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

New Whittington Community Primary School is part of Learners' Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Brimington Junior School Chesterfield
• Mary Swanwick Primary School Chesterfield
• Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School Chesterfield
• Eckington Junior School Sheffield
• Ashgate Croft School Chesterfield
• Holme Hall Primary School Chesterfield
• Old Hall Junior School Chesterfield
• Westfield Infant School Chesterfield
• Ridgeway Primary School Sheffield
• Walton Holymoorside Primary School Chesterfield

What is New Whittington Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for New Whittington Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was New Whittington Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

New Whittington Community Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does New Whittington Community Primary School have?

New Whittington Community Primary School has 236 pupils on roll.

What age range does New Whittington Community Primary School cover?

New Whittington Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are New Whittington Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is New Whittington Community Primary School?

New Whittington Community Primary School is at London Street, New Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2AQ.