Bolsover Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Bolsover Infant School is a primary school in Chesterfield, Derbyshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 September 2022.
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Key facts
- Address
- Welbeck Road, Bolsover, Welbeck Road Bolsover, Chesterfield, S44 6DE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Derbyshire
- Pupils on roll
- 252 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 September 2022
Strengths
- “This school is ambitious for its pupils and the community.”
- “Leaders ensure that pupils receive a wide range of experiences and activities that prepare them well for life in modern Britain.”
- “The school motto of ‘helping to raise children with kind hearts and inquisitive minds’ is embedded in everything that the school does.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of cases, pupils’ reading books do not precisely match the sounds that they know.”
- “While record-keeping is detailed, the information is not communicated as efficiently as it could be.”
- “This means that, in some cases, support for pupils SEND is not implemented as efficiently as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 76 first-preference applications, 77 offers in total, 76 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derbyshire.
- Bolsover Church of England Junior School 0.3 mi Good
- New Bolsover Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good
- Palterton Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Brockley Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged
- Scarcliffe Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Duckmanton Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Poolsbrook Primary Academy 2.7 mi Good
- Woodthorpe CofE Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good