Town End Junior School
Alfreton Road, Tibshelf, Alfreton, DE55 5PB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Boswell
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 200
- Pupils on roll
- 187
- URN
- 112639
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01773872306
About this school
Town End Junior School is a community primary school in Alfreton. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 187 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- 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 | 50 | 41 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 44% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 5% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 61% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 56% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 73% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - | - |
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 Town End Junior 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 | 62% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 173 |
| 2023/24 | 176 |
| 2024/25 | 184 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Town End Junior School compares
Town End Junior School ranked 106th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 4.2% | 26.6% | 187 | — |
| Newton Primary School | 71% | 3.9% | 22.3% | 148 | 0.8 miles |
| Tibshelf Infant School | — | 5.4% | 24.4% | 140 | 0.8 miles |
| Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School | 67% | 4.4% | 47.3% | 122 | 1.1 miles |
| Westhouses Primary School | 58% | 4% | 31.3% | 83 | 1.3 miles |
| Pilsley Primary School | 87% | 4.8% | 33.3% | 213 | 1.4 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)
- 26.63%
- English as an additional language
- 2.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.23%
- Persistent absence
- 6.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newton Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Tibshelf Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School1.1 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Westhouses Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Pilsley Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
Other schools in Alfreton
Town End Junior School ranks 6th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Alfreton.
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Town End Junior School teach?
- Town End Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Alfreton.
- Who is the headteacher of Town End Junior School?
- The headteacher of Town End Junior School is Mrs Rachel Boswell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Town End Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Town End Junior 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 Town End Junior School?
- Town End Junior School has 187 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Town End Junior School full?
- Town End Junior School has capacity for 200 pupils and 187 on roll (94%), 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 Town End Junior School a faith school?
- No. Town End Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Town End Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Town End Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Town End Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Town End Junior School rank locally?
- Town End Junior School ranked 106th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Town End Junior School's absence rate?
- Town End Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Town End Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Town End Junior 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.