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New Whittington Community Primary School

London Street, New Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2AQ

State-funded
Primary
Ages 3–11
Mixed
Nursery classes

Overview

New Whittington Community Primary School is a state-funded school (academy sponsor led) in Chesterfield, East Midlands, for pupils aged 3–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment group
Academies
Phase of education
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Gender of entry
Mixed
Boarding
No boarders
Sixth form
No
School capacity
344
Pupils on roll
236
URN
144012

Admissions

Local authority
Derbyshire
Academy trust or group
LEARNERS' TRUST

Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.

School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date
336
Pupils on roll
212
Unfilled places at survey date
124

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Reception

First preferences
21

Times the school was named as a family's first preference.

Total preferences
36

All recorded preference positions for this school.

Offers made
21

Offers recorded through coordinated admissions, not physical capacity.

First preferences compared with offers

1 first preferences per offer

21 first preferences and 21 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions yearFirst preferencesTotal preferencesOffers made
2026/27213621
2025/26153919
2024/25273527
2023/24223729
2022/23173717

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

Primary

2024/25 results

  • Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard

    School
    59%
    England
    62%

    Pupils included: 27

  • Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard

    School
    7%
    England
    8%

    Pupils included: 27

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 16 July 2024 · Published 23 September 2024

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

Overall effectiveness

Good

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding was effective
Yes
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good

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School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

SEND and additional needs

Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.

  • HI - Hearing Impairment

Location

Address
London Street, New Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2AQ
Local authority
Derbyshire

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