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Bolsover Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Welbeck Road, Bolsover, Welbeck Road Bolsover, Chesterfield S44 6DE · bolsover-inf.derbyshire.sch.uk · 01246 823181
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 252
- 23 over 229 places · 110%
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30.6%
- First language not English
- 5.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 76 families put the school first and 77 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 77 | 76 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 63 | 62 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 78 | 76 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 64 | 61 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Bolsover Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 28 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (20 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 20
- 8% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 50% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied