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Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary controlled
Warmbrook Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak SK23 0NL · cps.derbyshire.sch.uk · 01298 812000
On the mapSearch near SK23 0NL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 34%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Derbyshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 495
- 15 over 480 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 27.8%
- First language not English
- 6.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 41 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 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 49 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 63 | 62 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 68 | 61 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 50 | 49 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 34% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Derbyshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼34% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 26 Sept 2023
- 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: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 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 Feb 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 48
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (25%) with SEND