Cavendish Junior School
Edmund Street, Newbold Moor, Chesterfield, S41 8TD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Marlow
- Constituency
- Chesterfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 86
- URN
- 112659
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01246450691
About this school
Cavendish Junior School is a community primary school in Chesterfield. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 86 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
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- 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 | 23 | 29 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 55% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 76% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 66% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 83% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.10 | - | - |
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 Cavendish 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 | 52% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 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 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 94 |
| 2023/24 | 105 |
| 2024/25 | 100 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cavendish Junior School compares
Cavendish Junior School ranked 200th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 4.5% | 59% | 86 | — |
| Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy | — | 4.9% | 57.8% | 68 | 0.2 miles |
| Newbold CofE Primary School | 70% | 5.4% | 48.1% | 218 | 0.4 miles |
| Dunston Primary and Nursery Academy | 31% | 6% | 60.4% | 227 | 0.6 miles |
| Highfield Hall Primary School | 43% | 6.2% | 33.3% | 375 | 0.8 miles |
| Mary Swanwick Primary School | 72% | 4.9% | 46.1% | 239 | 0.9 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)
- 59%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
- Overall absence
- 4.47%
- Persistent absence
- 10.89%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Newbold CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Dunston Primary and Nursery Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Highfield Hall Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Mary Swanwick Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
Other schools in Chesterfield
Cavendish Junior School ranks 39th 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
- Brockley Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cavendish Junior School teach?
- Cavendish Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Chesterfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Cavendish Junior School?
- The headteacher of Cavendish Junior School is Mrs Nicola Marlow, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cavendish Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cavendish 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 Cavendish Junior School?
- Cavendish Junior School has 86 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Cavendish Junior School full?
- Cavendish Junior School has capacity for 120 pupils and 86 on roll (72%), 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 Cavendish Junior School a faith school?
- No. Cavendish Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cavendish Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cavendish Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Cavendish Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cavendish Junior School rank locally?
- Cavendish Junior School ranked 200th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cavendish Junior School's absence rate?
- Cavendish Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cavendish Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cavendish 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.