Hadfield Infant School
Mersey Bank Road, Hadfield, Glossop, SK13 1PN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Francesca Dodd
- Constituency
- High Peak
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 140
- URN
- 112692
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01457853958
About this school
Hadfield Infant School is a community primary school in Glossop. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 140 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Hadfield Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 143 |
| 2023/24 | 138 |
| 2024/25 | 133 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hadfield Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.9% | 29.3% | 140 | — |
| St Andrew's CofE Junior School | 59% | 4.4% | 37.1% | 220 | 0.1 miles |
| St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy | 76% | 4.4% | 23.8% | 168 | 0.3 miles |
| Padfield Community Primary School | 56% | 3.9% | 17.6% | 92 | 0.6 miles |
| Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School | 63% | 6.6% | 24.3% | 110 | 0.7 miles |
| Hollingworth Primary School | — | — | — | 192 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.32%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 4.88%
- Persistent absence
- 10.23%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Andrew's CofE Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Glossop
-
St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Glossop
-
Padfield Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Glossop
-
Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Glossop
-
Hollingworth Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Hyde
Other schools in Glossop
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary School Primary
- Gamesley Primary School Primary
- Padfield Community Primary School Primary
- Simmondley Primary School Primary
- St Andrew's CofE Junior School Primary
- St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Luke's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hadfield Infant School teach?
- Hadfield Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Glossop.
- Who is the headteacher of Hadfield Infant School?
- The headteacher of Hadfield Infant School is Ms Francesca Dodd, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hadfield Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hadfield Infant 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 Hadfield Infant School?
- Hadfield Infant School has 140 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Hadfield Infant School full?
- Hadfield Infant School has capacity for 210 pupils and 140 on roll (67%), 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 Hadfield Infant School a faith school?
- No. Hadfield Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hadfield Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Hadfield Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Hadfield Infant School's absence rate?
- Hadfield Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Hadfield Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Hadfield Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.