Brockley Primary School
Clowne Road, Shuttlewood, Chesterfield, S44 6AF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Rodgers
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 133
- URN
- 112510
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01246823344
About this school
Brockley Primary School is a community primary school in Chesterfield. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 133 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 22 | 23 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 52% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 9% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 52% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 70% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 74% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 100.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.10 | - | - |
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 Brockley Primary 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 | 45% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 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 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 133 |
| 2023/24 | 137 |
| 2024/25 | 130 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brockley Primary School compares
Brockley Primary School ranked 96th 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 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 6.7% | 48.4% | 133 | — |
| Woodthorpe CofE Primary School | 72% | 5.5% | 40.3% | 140 | 1.4 miles |
| Bolsover Infant School | — | 6.3% | 33.2% | 252 | 1.6 miles |
| Poolsbrook Primary Academy | 33% | 7.6% | 60.9% | 69 | 1.7 miles |
| Bolsover Church of England Junior School | 48% | 6.5% | 45% | 294 | 1.7 miles |
| New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School | 26% | 5.3% | 58.5% | 224 | 1.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.36%
- English as an additional language
- 0.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.65%
- Persistent absence
- 20.91%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodthorpe CofE Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Bolsover Infant School1.6 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Poolsbrook Primary Academy1.7 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Bolsover Church of England Junior School1.7 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School1.7 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
Other schools in Chesterfield
Brockley Primary School ranks 21st of the 48 ranked primary schools in Chesterfield.
- Abercrombie Primary School Primary
- Arkwright Primary School Primary
- Ashover Primary School Primary
- Barlborough Primary School Primary
- Barrow Hill Primary Academy Primary
- Bolsover Church of England Junior School Primary
- Bolsover Infant School Primary
- Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Brampton Primary School Primary
- Brimington Junior School Primary
- Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Brockwell Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Brockley Primary School teach?
- Brockley Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Chesterfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Brockley Primary School?
- The headteacher of Brockley Primary School is Mrs Caroline Rodgers, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Brockley Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brockley Primary 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 Brockley Primary School?
- Brockley Primary School has 133 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Brockley Primary School full?
- Brockley Primary School has capacity for 140 pupils and 133 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Brockley Primary School a faith school?
- No. Brockley Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Brockley Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Brockley Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Brockley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% 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 Brockley Primary School rank locally?
- Brockley Primary School ranked 96th 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 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brockley Primary School's absence rate?
- Brockley Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brockley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brockley Primary 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.