Ofsted: Requires improvement
Arkwright Primary School
verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
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location_onChesterfield, S44 5BZ
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Ofsted
Requires improvement
Inspected 2025
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Age Range
3-11
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Arkwright Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Chesterfield, serving ages 3-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards.
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School Summary
Arkwright Primary School is an academy converter in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, admitting pupils aged 3-11.
Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.
The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.
verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
Ofsted History
Publication Timeline
Report ArchiveNo digital report timeline available.
Inspection History
2 EvaluationsRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF
Not Judged
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Why no overall grade?
From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.
Education
Good
Behaviour
Good
Development
Good
Leadership
Good
None EIF
Requires improvement
Education
Requires improvement
Behaviour
Good
Development
Good
Leadership
Requires improvement
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