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The Bolsover School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Mooracre Lane, Bolsover, Chesterfield S44 6XA · thebolsoverschool.org · 01246 822105
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45
- average Attainment 8 score. Derbyshire 45, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 911
- 61 over 850 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 39.2%
- First language not English
- 3.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 209 families put the school first and 174 places were offered; 81% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 174 | 209 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 167 | 172 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 204 | 206 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 195 | 179 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 194 | 194 | 1 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45, and 42.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Derbyshire it was 45, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45 | 46 | ||
| ▼42.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲72.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲50.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.08 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 26 | +6.6 |
| Further education | 53.3 | +3.9 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9 | −2.3 |
| Employment | 3.6 | −5.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.1 | +0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 3.6 | −4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Bolsover School on 11 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 11 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Positive
- 80%
- Replies
- 86
- 10% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on 21 parents (24%) whose child was bullied
based on 31 parents (36%) with SEND