The Bolsover School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chesterfield, S44 6XA
- Distance
- 3.8km away
Shirebrook Academy
Common Lane, Shirebrook, Mansfield, NG20 8QF
Local ranking30th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
850
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 29 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 26.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 153
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 70.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 812
- Boys
- 402 (49%)
- Girls
- 422 (51%)
- Capacity
- 850 (97% full)
- SEND
- 26.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 43.7%
- EAL
- 9.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 23.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,346/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.9%
- White Other: 8.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Other: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
84.9%
White British
8.9%
White Other
1.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Common Lane
Mansfield, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 136127
- UKPRN
- 10030457
- Establishment No.
- 6905
- Trust
- ASTON COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST
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