Arkwright Primary School
School Lane, Arkwright Town, Chesterfield, S44 5BZ
This school is closed (it closed in October 2025).
It was replaced by Arkwright Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sophie Ruddiforth
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 97
- URN
- 112632
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Arkwright Primary School was a community primary school in Chesterfield. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 97 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Arkwright Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 16 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 56% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 69% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 81% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 69% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.80 | - | - |
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 Arkwright 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 | 38% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 108 |
| 2024/25 | 97 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Arkwright Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 5.9% | 42.4% | 97 | — |
| Arkwright Primary School | — | — | — | 99 | 0.0 miles |
| Calow CofE VC Primary School | 77% | 4.7% | 39.1% | 192 | 1.2 miles |
| Duckmanton Primary School | — | — | — | 190 | 1.2 miles |
| Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.9% | 12% | 59 | 1.3 miles |
| Inkersall Spencer Academy | 66% | 4.9% | 44.6% | 378 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.35%
- English as an additional language
- 2.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.85%
- Persistent absence
- 21.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Arkwright Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Calow CofE VC Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Duckmanton Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School1.3 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Inkersall Spencer Academy1.3 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
Other 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
- Brockley Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Arkwright Primary School teach?
- Arkwright Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Chesterfield.
- Has Arkwright Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Arkwright Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Arkwright Primary School?
- Arkwright Primary School had 97 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Arkwright Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Arkwright Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Arkwright 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 31 October 2025.