Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School
Primrose Hill, Blackwell, Alfreton, DE55 5JG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gill Gardner
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 168
- Pupils on roll
- 122
- URN
- 112506
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01773811281
About this school
Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School is a community primary school in Alfreton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 122 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 16 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 56% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 75% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 63% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 63% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 72% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 121 |
| 2023/24 | 117 |
| 2024/25 | 118 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School compares
Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School ranked 95th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4.4% | 47.3% | 122 | — |
| Westhouses Primary School | 58% | 4% | 31.3% | 83 | 0.8 miles |
| Newton Primary School | 71% | 3.9% | 22.3% | 148 | 0.8 miles |
| The Green Flying High Academy | — | 4.6% | 30.6% | 156 | 1.0 miles |
| Town End Junior School | 65% | 4.2% | 26.6% | 187 | 1.1 miles |
| The Brigg Infant School | — | — | — | 131 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.27%
- English as an additional language
- 3.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.36%
- Persistent absence
- 11.7%
Location
Nearby schools
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Westhouses Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Alfreton
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Newton Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Alfreton
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The Green Flying High Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Alfreton
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Town End Junior School1.1 miles
Primary · Alfreton
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The Brigg Infant School1.3 miles
Primary · Alfreton
Other schools in Alfreton
Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School ranks 5th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Alfreton.
- Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Copthorne Community Infant School Primary
- Croft Infant School Primary
- Glebe Junior School Primary
- Leys Junior School Primary
- Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Morton Primary Academy Primary
- Newton Primary School Primary
- Riddings Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Riddings Junior School Primary
- Shirland Primary School Primary
- Somercotes Infant and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Alfreton.
- Who is the headteacher of Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School is Mrs Gill Gardner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School?
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School has 122 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School full?
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School has capacity for 168 pupils and 122 on roll (73%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- How have Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School rank locally?
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School ranked 95th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.