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The Brigg Infant School

Primary Ages 5-7 131 pupils Alfreton
Ofsted: Good
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The Brigg Infant School is an academy converter in Alfreton for pupils aged 5 to 7. It has 131 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for The Brigg Infant School is Good, from an inspection in July 2019 of its predecessor, The Brigg Infant School.

Ofsted inspection: May 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 5-7
Religion Does not apply
Address 39 South Street
South Normanton
Alfreton
Derbyshire
DE55 2DA
Reference Number 151464

General Makeup

Number of pupils 131
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.62%
Girls: 50.38%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 35.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 21.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 19 25 44
2 24 22 46

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 88.5%
African 5.3%
White, Other 2.3%
White & Asian 1.5%
Unclassified 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.8%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, The Brigg Infant School, inspected in July 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
08 May 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 0
Third Preference 10 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 The Brigg Infant School had 147 pupils for 180 places. 33 places (18.3%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “South Normanton/Pinxton Primary” planning area

Derbyshire counted 143 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 129 in 2029–30, down 10%.

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 2025–26 The Brigg Infant School had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 9.8
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 16.8% of pupils at The Brigg Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 14 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 5
Other difficulty or disability 5 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Physical disability 0 1
Social, emotional and mental health 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.

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Name Distance
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The Brigg Infant School is part of Embark Multi Academy Trust, which runs 29 schools. The nearest others:

What is The Brigg Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Brigg Infant School is Good, from an inspection in July 2019 of its predecessor, The Brigg Infant School.

When was The Brigg Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Brigg Infant School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does The Brigg Infant School have?

The Brigg Infant School has 131 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Brigg Infant School cover?

The Brigg Infant School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is The Brigg Infant School?

The Brigg Infant School is at 39 South Street, South Normanton, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 2DA.

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