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Bakewell CofE Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
Bath Street, Bakewell DE45 1BX · bakewellinfantschool.com · 01629 812322
On the mapSearch near DE45 1BX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 36
- 30% of 120 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Free school meals
- 36.1%
- First language not English
- 8.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 6 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 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Bakewell CofE Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Jun 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, Dec 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112797), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112797)
Nov 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112797)
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 16
- 53% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied