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Clowne Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Ringer Lane, Clowne, Chesterfield S43 4DB · clowne-inf.derbyshire.sch.uk · 01246 810518
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 318
- 48 over 270 places · 118%
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28.5%
- First language not English
- 2.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 78 families put the school first and 80 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 | 80 | 78 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 63 | 62 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 85 | 83 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 72 | 69 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 70 | 70 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Clowne Infant and Nursery School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective May 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (68 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 68
- 22% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (16%) with SEND