Arkwright Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Chesterfield, S44 5BZ
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Arkwright Primary School
School Lane, Arkwright Town, Chesterfield, S44 5BZ
Primary
Phase
120
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 October 2025 and continues as Arkwright Primary School (URN 152133) (opened 1 November 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 47.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 65.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 47.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 65.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 59.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 17
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 97
- Boys
- 44 (45%)
- Girls
- 53 (55%)
- Capacity
- 120 (81% full)
- SEND
- 26.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.4%
- EAL
- 2.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.2%
- SEN Support
- 20.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,816/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 80.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 5.2%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Black Caribbean: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
80.4%
White British
5.2%
Gypsy/Roma
4.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
School Lane
Chesterfield, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 112632
- UKPRN
- 10070880
- Establishment No.
- 2245
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