Arkwright Primary School
Primary • Community school • Open, but proposed to close
Contact
School Lane
Arkwright Town
Chesterfield, Derbyshire S44 5BZ
School Profile
- Phase
- Primary
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Religious ethos
- Does not apply
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils
- 97 (Boys: 44, Girls: 53)
- Free School Meals
- 42%
- Capacity utilisation
- 81% (97 / 120)
- Establishment type
- Community school
- Type group
- Local authority maintained schools
- Trust
- n/a
- Federation
- n/a
- SEN provision
- None reported
- Resourced provision
- None
- Opened
- n/a
- Status
- Open, but proposed to close
- Closed
- Oct 2025
Key identifiers
- URN
- 112632
- LAESTAB
- 8302245
- UKPRN
- 10070880
- Establishment No.
- 2245
- Ofsted phase
- Primary
Ofsted
Requires improvement (Grade 3)
published 29 Jun 2022
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Requires improvement
Early years
Requires improvement
Sixth form
9
At a glance
- Total pupils
- 108
- Age range
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Faith
- Non-faith
What do Ofsted grades mean?
- Outstanding (1) – Highest judgement.
- Good (2) – Strong overall effectiveness.
- Requires improvement (3) – Not yet good.
- Inadequate (4) – Significant weaknesses.
Ungraded visits (Section 8) check whether the previous grade still stands (e.g. “School remains Good”)
but don’t replace the last graded judgement.
Inspection history
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Requires improvement29 Jun 2022Type: S5 InspectionQuality: Requires improvementBehaviour: GoodPersonal dev: GoodLeadership: Requires improvementEarly years: Requires improvementSixth form: 9
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective
(29 Jun 2022)