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Old Hall Junior School

Primary Ages 7-11 250 pupils Chesterfield
Ofsted: Good
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Old Hall Junior School is an academy converter in Chesterfield for pupils aged 7 to 11. It has 250 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Old Hall Junior School is Good, from an inspection in July 2017 of its predecessor, Old Hall Junior School. In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: March 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 7-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Old Road
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S40 3QR
Phone 01246273801
Reference Number 147118

General Makeup

Number of pupils 250
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.8%
Girls: 49.2%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 22%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.6%

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 31 27 58
4 29 35 64
5 29 36 65
6 38 25 63

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.2%
White & Asian 2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.6%
Indian 1.2%
African 0.8%
Mixed, Other 0.8%
White, Other 0.4%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Asian, Other 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Old Hall Junior School, inspected in July 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 07 Feb 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
07 Feb 2023 School inspection
06 Jun 2019 Academy conversion letter
04 Jul 2017 Full inspection:
Previously as Old Hall Junior School
14 Oct 2016 Monitoring visit
04 Feb 2016 Full inspection:
28 Mar 2014 Interim assessment
17 Nov 2010 Full inspection:
19 Oct 2009 Curriculum and development visit
11 Feb 2008 Full inspection:
25 Nov 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 74%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 15%

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 108
Maths 106

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
Writing -0.8
Maths -1.4

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Average Scaled Score

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Old Hall Junior School had 250 pupils for 231 places. That is 19 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Ashgate/Brampton/Stonegravels Primary” planning area

Derbyshire counted 314 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 286 in 2029–30, down 9%.

20212022202320242025
Places 231231231231231
Pupils 252252250247250
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Old Hall Junior School attended 96.3% 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

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 1.9%5.1%3.7%3.8%3.2%
Unauthorised absence 0.1%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.4%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%

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, 0.0% of pupils at Old Hall Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.80.00.80.0
Permanent exclusions 000000

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 Old Hall Junior School had 25.5 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

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 16.115.014.414.516.515.813.5
Teachers who left state teaching 9.9%0.0%23.2%8.9%5.6%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –46.7%64.7%46.2%63.6%40.0%–
Sick days per teacher –8.65.03.33.912.4–

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, 13.2% of pupils at Old Hall Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 15 1
Social, emotional and mental health 7 1
Other difficulty or disability 4 0
Speech, language and communication needs 4 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 2
Hearing impairment 1 1
Specific learning difficulty 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 Old Hall Junior School received £6,009 and spent £5,868 for each of its 246 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £141,000 (£572 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

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve -£49,000-£54,000£66,000£83,000£141,000
per pupil -£195-£213£267£338£572
In-year balance -£27,000£62,000£120,000£2,000£35,000
per pupil -£110£245£486£9£140

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

What is Old Hall Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Old Hall Junior School is Good, from an inspection in July 2017 of its predecessor, Old Hall Junior School.

When was Old Hall Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Old Hall Junior School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Old Hall Junior School have?

Old Hall Junior School has 250 pupils on roll.

What age range does Old Hall Junior School cover?

Old Hall Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Old Hall Junior School?

Old Hall Junior School is at Old Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 3QR.

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