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Primary school in Pinxton, Derbyshire

Kirkstead Junior Academy

Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, NG16 6NA

Ofsted Good · 2022
School website 01773303420
Ofsted Good June 2022
Met the expected standard 89% in the top 5% nationally
Pupils 216 90% full
Local deprivation 2/10 more deprived

Ofsted

Goodas at 28 June 2022

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 June 2022.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Good
Last overall grade in this dataset
Good
Days since inspection
1,557 days
Framework era
Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

89% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

22% England 8.1%

Average reading score

113 England 105.3

Average maths score

108 England 104.1

On the headline measure this school is in the top 5% of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
216
Places
240
How full
90% full — 216 of 240 places taken
Girls / boys
103 / 113
Overall absence
7%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
16%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
42%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
5%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
12%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
0

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
3

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
1

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
22

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Alfreton Rail Station

3.5 km away — railway station

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

2/10 Deprivation decile

Among the most deprived fifth of England.

2/10 Child poverty decile

Among the most deprived fifth of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£191,975

postcode sector NG16 6 · 400 sales

Typical range
£150,250 to £249,496

middle half of sales

Detached
£264,995
Semi-detached
£180,000
Terraced
£131,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
14%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
36%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
9%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
19%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
44%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
55%

England 62.7%

Social housing
30%

England 17%

Privately rented
14%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
41%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
18%

England 22.5%

No car
26%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Bolsover 010B and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 7–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Anne Ingle
Opened as this establishment
1 February 2018
Register status
Open
Local authority
Derbyshire
Ward
Pinxton
Constituency
Bolsover
URN
145403

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

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Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
John King Infant AcademyAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 — 0.1 mi
Longwood Infant AcademyAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 — 0.4 mi
The Brigg Infant SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade — 1.2 mi
Glebe Junior SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 — 1.2 mi
Selston Church of England Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade — 1.4 mi
Holly Hill Primary and Nursery SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 56% 1.4 mi
The Green Flying High AcademyAcademy sponsor led No overall grade — 1.5 mi
Westwood Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 — 2.2 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 89%
Median of its 9 closest peers 60%
Derbyshire average 59.8%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter Doncaster Outstanding 2024 71%
Willow Lane Community Primary SchoolCommunity school Lancaster No overall grade 52%
Leslie Manser Primary SchoolCommunity school Lincoln No overall grade 50%
The Forest View AcademyAcademy converter Newark Good 2023 71%
Leigh Academy OaksAcademy sponsor led Maidstone Report card 2026 89%
Herne Bay Infant SchoolCommunity school Herne Bay No overall grade —
Saint Gabriel's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter Middlesbrough Good 2022 61%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Manchester Good 2023 —
Goat Lees Primary SchoolFoundation school Ashford No overall grade 47%
Bacup Thorn Primary SchoolCommunity school Bacup Good 2023 60%
Rowena AcademyAcademy converter Doncaster No overall grade —
Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Accrington Good 2023 41%

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 145403; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 28 June 2022
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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