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Creswell CofE Controlled Infant and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Voluntary controlled
Gypsy Lane, Creswell, Worksop S80 4HY · creswell-inf.derbyshire.sch.uk · 01909 721471
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 252
- 32 over 220 places · 115%
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.2%
- First language not English
- 7.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 45 families put the school first and 48 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 | 48 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 55 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 63 | 62 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Creswell CofE Controlled Infant and Nursery was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (41 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 71%
- Replies
- 41
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 54% who had a child bullied